Clinical Study

Adult Height after Growth Hormone Treatment at Pubertal Onset in Short Adolescents Born Small for Gestational Age: Results from a Belgian Registry-Based Study

Table 1

Comparison of birth and parental auxological data between the PrePUB and PUB groups.

nPrePUB group ()PUB group ()Significance

Boys/girls, n7411/1622/25
Birth weight, SDS73−2.5 ± 1.0−2.5 ± 0.8
Birth length, SDS71−3.0 ± 0.9−2.6 ± 0.8
Father’s height, SDS67−1.3 ± 1.1−1.7 ± 1.0
Mother’s height, SDS67−1.2 ± 1.1−1.5 ± 1.2
Midparental height, SDS67−1.6 ± 1.0−1.9 ± 0.9