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Table 4 Current and future heights as perceived by adolescents and their parents on the Silhouette Apperception Technique

From: Motives for choosing growth-enhancing hormone treatment in adolescents with idiopathic short stature: a questionnaire and structured interview study

Treatment group (n = 19)

Current height (%)

Future height (%)

Percentile

Adolescents

Parents

Adolescents

Parents

   3rd

52.6

88.9

5.3

0.0

   25th

36.8

5.6

15.8

38.9

   50th

5.3

5.6

26.3

38.9

   75th

0.0

0.0

42.1

11.1

   97th

5.3

0.0

10.5

11.1

Control group (n = 19)

Current height (%)

Future height (%)

Percentile

Adolescents

Parents

Adolescents

Parents

   3rd

47.4

77.8

15.8

50.0

   25th

47.4

16.7

26.3

22.2

   50th

5.3

5.6

15.8

11.1

   75th

0.0

0.0

42.1

16.7

   97th

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0