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Table 3 General characteristics of the study population in the university hospital (n = 398) and the general hospital (n = 144)

From: The diagnostic work up of growth failure in secondary health care; An evaluation of consensus guidelines

 

University hospital

General hospital

Difference between 2 hospitals (p-value)

Gender Male: n (%)

219 (55%)

65 (45%)

0.04

Ethnicity N (%)

 

   Dutch/European

291 (73.1%)

127 (88.2%)

0.01

   Turkish

31 (7.8%)

6 (4.2%)

 

   Moroccan

11 (2.8%)

1 (0.7%)

 

   Others:

54 (13.6%)

10 (6.9%)

 

   Unknown

11 (2.8%)

0 (0%)

 

Age at time of referral (yrs): mean (SD)

9.1 (4.0)

8.4 (4.7)

0.2

HSDS at time of referral: mean (SD)

-2.3 (0.8)

-1.9 (0.9)

< 0.01

THSDS: mean (SD)

-0.7 (1.0)

-0.2 (0.9)

< 0.01

HSDS – THSDS at time of referral: mean (SD)

-1.6 (0.8)

-1.7 (1.0)

0.7

Delta HSDS in last year before referral: mean (SD)

-0.08 (0.3)

-0.10 (0.3)

0.5

Dysmorphic features: n (%)

22 (5.5%)

2 (1.4%)

0.1

Disproportion: n (%)

15 (3.8%)

2 (1.4%)

0.08

  1. HSDS = height standard deviation score; THSDS = target height standard deviation score