Table 3.
Examples of height in children with non-acquired GHD: start GH, puberty onset (spontaneous vs. induced), near adult height (NAH).
| Ranke et al. (1997) [KIGS] (163) | Thomas et al. (2001) [Belgium] (164) | Maghnie et al. (2006) [Italy] (165) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| male | female | male | female | male | female | ||||||||
| Pub spon | Pub ind. | Pub spon | Pub ind. | Pub spon | Pub ind. | Pub spon | Pub ind. | Pub spon | Pub ind. | Pub spon | Pub ind. | ||
| N | 66 | 51 | 64 | 14 | 25 | 7 | 24 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 31 | 18 | |
| GH start | median | mean | median | ||||||||||
| maxGH to tests | ng/mL | <10 | <10 | <10 | |||||||||
| Age | yr | 10.5 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 6.8 | 12.4 | 14.4 | 10.6 | 11.5 | 8.0 | 6.5 | 7.7 | 10.5 |
| Ht | SDSCA | -2.7 | -2.8 | -2.9 | -2.7 | -2.7 | -2.9 | -2.7 | -2.9 | -3.0 | -3.0 | -2.6 | -3.6 |
| targtHt | SDS | -0.4 | -0.7 | -0.1 | -0.4 | -0.8 | -0.1 | -0.8 | -0.1 | -0.4 | -0.5 | -0.6 | -0.4 |
| GH dose | IU/kg | 0.57 | 0.5-0.7 | 0.60 | |||||||||
| GH (inj./wk) | r-hGH (2-7) | r-hGH (7) | r-hGH (5-7) | ||||||||||
| Pub start | |||||||||||||
| Age | yr | 13.8 | 14.9 | 12.9 | 13.7 | 13.3 | 17.2 | 11.8 | 14.9 | 13.4 | 14.9 | 12.6 | 13.5 |
| Ht | SDSCA | -1.6 | -1.3 | -1.4 | -1.0 | -1.9 | -1.4 | -1.9 | -1.4 | -1.5 | -2.3 | -1.8 | -2.3 |
| Pub Ht gain | cm | 22.5 | 19.6 | 15.0 | 10.4 | 27.5 | 17.1 | 22.2 | 9.6 | 22.8 | 20.5 | 17.1 | 16.5 |
| At NAH | |||||||||||||
| Age | yr | 17.8 | 19.2 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 19.1 | 21.0 | 16.2 | 18.5 | 17.6 | 19.4 | 16.5 | 20.0 |
| Ht | SDSCA | -1.3 | -0.5 | -1.2 | -0.9 | -0.8 | -0.3 | -0.8 | -0.3 | -0.9 | -0.7 | -0.4 | -0.8 |
| Ht - Ht GHstart | SDSCA | 1.3 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1.7 |
| Ht - Ht pub ons. | SDSCA | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.1 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
Ht, height; Pub, puberty; spont., spontaneous; ind., induced; ons., onset.