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General characteristics of the study population in the university hospital (n = 398) and the general hospital (n = 144) |
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| University hospital |
General hospital |
Difference between 2 hospitals (p-value) |
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| Gender Male: n (%) |
219 (55%) |
65 (45%) |
0.04 |
| Ethnicity N (%) |
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| Dutch/European |
291 (73.1%) |
127 (88.2%) |
0.01 |
| Turkish |
31 (7.8%) |
6 (4.2%) |
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| Moroccan |
11 (2.8%) |
1 (0.7%) |
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| Others: |
54 (13.6%) |
10 (6.9%) |
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| Unknown |
11 (2.8%) |
0 (0%) |
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| 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 |
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HSDS = height standard deviation score; THSDS = target height standard deviation score | |||
Grote et al. BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:21 doi:10.1186/1471-2431-8-21 |
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