[Retracted] Analysis of Prevalence, Influencing Factors, and Countermeasures of Short Stature in Children and Adolescents Aged 6∼14 in Furong District, Changsha City, in 2020

Table 4

Variable assignment table.

Variable	The assignment
Dependent variable
Short stature	No = 0, yes = 1
Independent variables
Gender	No = 0, yes = 1
Growth hormone level	<10 μg/L = 0, ≥10 μg/L = 1
Pubertal retardation	No = 0, yes = 1
Hypothyroidism	No = 0, yes = 1
Turner syndrome	No = 0, yes = 1
Familial short stature	No = 0, yes = 1
Egg intake occasionally or not	1∼2 times a week or 3∼5 times a week = 0, occasionally or not or less than once a week = 1
Exercise status never or once in a while	2∼3 times or ≥4 times = 0, never or ≤1 times = 1
Paternal height	Input as actual height
Intrauterine growth retardation	No = 0, yes = 1