Final adult height of children with idiopathic short stature: a multicenter study on GH therapy alone started during peri-puberty

Table 3 Comparisons of FAH SDS and TH SDS in the pooled group with FAH SDS > − 2 SD

Treatment course	Total					Girl					Boy
Treatment course	n	FAH SDS	TH SDS	t	P	n	FAH SDS	TH SDS	t	P	n	FAH SDS	TH SDS	t	P
< 3 m	19	−1.17 ± 0.741	−0.70 ± 0.585	−2.055	0.048	8	−0.81 ± 0.971	− 0.86 ± 0.656	0.118	0.908	11	−1.42 ± 0.429	−0.57 ± 0.525	−3.244	0.012
3–6 m	51	−1.20 ± 0.632	−0.93 ± 0.638	−1.988	0.050	21	−1.38 ± 0.543	−1.05 ± 0.815	− 1.471	0.150	30	−1.09 ± 0.612	−0.86 ± 0.516	− 1.649	0.112
6–12 m	31	−1.03 ± 0.676	−0.96 ± 0.859	−0.338	0.737	17	−1.01 ± 0.793	−0.97 ± 0.620	−0.144	0.886	14	−1.03 ± 0.547	−0.95 ± 1.100	−0.277	0.786
1–2 y	52	−0.88 ± 0.706	−0.88 ± 0.630	− 0.028	0.978	26	−0.99 ± 0.704	−1.08 ± 0.606	0.494	0.623	26	−0.83 ± 0.707	−0.66 ± 0.590	− 0.945	0.355
≥2 y	65	−0.76 ± 0.641	−0.71 ± 0.798	− 0.382	0.703	28	−0.61 ± 0.550	− 0.77 ± 0.917	0.744	0.461	37	−0.88 ± 0.713	−0.67 ± 0.709	−1.036	0.308

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