Table 4.
Correlations between IGF1- SDS and linear growth parameters
| Ht-SDS | BMI | BMI-SDS | GV cm/y | GV-SDS | IGF-1SDS | |
| Ht-SDS | 1 | |||||
| BMI | -0.01829 | 1 | ||||
| BMI-SDS | 0.103232 | 0.107725 | 1 | |||
| GV (cm/y) | 0.090506 | 0.113137 | 0.142 | 1 | ||
| GV-SDS | 0.334585* | 0.142922 | 0.051 | 0.57* | 1 | |
| IGF1-SDS | 0.243258 | 0.070208 | 0.356* | 0.42* | 0.23* | 1 |
Legend= HT-SDS: standing height SDS ; BMI: body mass index; BMI-SDS: body mass index; GV: growth velocity/year; GV-SDS: growth velocity/year SDS; IGF1-SDS: Insulin growth factor 1 SDS ; *: P <0.05.