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. 2020 Feb 13;57(10):683–691. doi: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2019-106561

Table 1.

Participant demographics and growth at the time of the study examination (unless indicated otherwise) of the STAARS UK cohort of 33 people with Silver-Russell syndrome

A) Data shown by genotype
Phenotype Genotype
H19/IGF2 LOM
Genotype matUPD7
Number of patients (n, %) 27 (67.5) 6 (15.0)
Gender
 Male (n, %) 12 (44.4) 3 (50)
 Female (n, %) 15 (55.6) 3 (50)
 Age, years (median, IQR) 32.35 (13.32–69.71) 19.74 (14.47–33.93)
Birth parameters (median, IQR), (n)
Gestation at birth, weeks 39 (37.0–40.6) (n=25) 38.0 (35.1–38.1)
 Birth weight, g 1760 (1458–2098) 1805 (1505–2513)
 Birth weight SDS −3.54 (−4.20 to −2.64) (n=26) −2.19 (−2.98 to −1.29)
 Birth length, cm 40.6 (39.9–47.3) (n=10) 43.0 (n=1)
 Birth length SDS −4.06 (−5.26 to −0.55) (n=9) −3.05 (n=1)
 Birth head circumference, cm 33.8 (32.0–35.4) (n=8) 27.0 (n=1)
 Birth head circumference SDS −0.56 (−1.33 to 0.29) (n=8) −0.79 (n=1)
Growth parameters at examination (median, IQR, n=33)
 Height, cm 153.0 (143.5–160.9) 156.8 (145.7–160.7)
 Height SDS −3.13 (−3.87 to −1.02) −2.19 (−3.03 to −1.32)
 Weight, kg 45.65 (38.90–62.30) 52.05 (45.38–56.81)
 Weight SDS −1.83 (−4.66 to −0.11) −1.47 (−2.17 to −0.14)
 BMI, kg/m2 19.7 (17.5–28.0) 22.9 (17.6–25.0)
 BMI SDS −0.80 (−1.99 to 1.49) 0.07 (−1.34 to 1.08)
Growth hormone treatment
 Yes (n, %) 17 (63.0) 6 (100)
 No (n, %)  10 37.0) 0
B) Growth characteristics shown based on age; adolescents aged <18 years and adults ≥18 years
STAARS UK cohort Individuals <18 years Individuals ≥18 years P value
n 33 8 25
Gender
 Male 15 (45.5) 3 (37.5) 12 (48.0) 0.7
 Female 18 (54.5) 5 (62.5) 13 (52.0)
 Age, years 29.58 (13.32–69.71) 14.15 (13.32–16.52) 32.88 (22.03–69.71)
Molecular genetic diagnosis
 H19/IGF2 LOM 27 (71.8) 5 (62.5) 22 (88.0) 0.1
 matUPD7 6 (18.2) 3 (37.5) 3 (12.0)
Growth parameters
 Height SDS −2.67 (−2.83 to −1.07) −1.19 (−3.82 to −0.51) −3.13 (−3.83 to −1.31) 0.1
 Height in females, cm 146.2 (140.3 to 154.1) (n=18) 153.0 (130.9 to 154.2) (n=5) 144.7 (140.7 to 153.6) (n=13)
 Height in males, cm 159.4 (153.2 to 168.1) (n=15) 164.0 (median only as n=3) 158.1 (151.0 to 170.5) (n=12)
 Weight, kg 47.10 (41.65–58.38) 43.83 (31.68–48.26) 55.45 (43.85–63.42) 0.08
 Weight SDS −1.72 (−3.76 to −0.13) −1.21 (−4.14 to −0.19) −1.83 (−3.76 to −0.11) 0.95
 BMI, kg/m2 20.5 (17.7–25.5) 17.0 (16.2–19.1) 21.2 (19.1–38.0) 0.003
 BMI SDS −0.53 (−1.83 to 1.13) −1.33 (−1.84 to −0.58) −0.47 (−1.83 to 1.53) 0.3
Growth hormone treatment
 Yes 23 (69.7) 8 (100) 15 (60.0) 0.07
 No 10 (30.3) 0 (0) 10 (40.0)

Growth parameters presented as median and IQR, n is the number of participants included where data are incomplete.

BMI, body mass index; LOM, loss of methylation; matUPD7, maternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 7; SDS, SD score; STAARS, Study of Adults and Adolescents with Russell Silver syndrome.