Table 6

Diagnoses after diagnostic workup of short stature.


University hospital
General hospital
Total





Children < 3 years
Children > 3 years
Children < 3 years
Children > 3 years









CR
NCR
NC

CR
NCR
NC








n = 30
n = 284
n = 63
n = 21
n = 29
n = 85
n = 24
n = 6



n (%)
n (%)
n (%)
n (%)
n (%)
n (%)
n (%)
n (%)
n = 542 (%)

GHD
1
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
CD
0
1
0
0
3
2
0
1
7
Turner
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
Other pathology
4
5
1
0
0
0
0
0
10
Total pathology
5 (16.7)
14 (5.2)
1 (5.7)
0 (0)
3 (10.3)
3 (3.4)
0 (0.0)
1 (16.7)
27 (5.0)
SGA only
4 (13.3)
54 (20.1)
3 (3.5)
4 (18.2)
1 (3.4)
13 (14.9)
0 (0.0)
1 (16.7)
80 (14.8)
Idiopathic
21 (70)
216 (74.7)
59 (90.8)
17 (81.8)
25 (86.2)
69 (81.6)
24 (92.1)
4 (66.8)
435 (80.2)

CR = Correctly referred; NCR = Not correctly referred; NC = Not classifiable (information to confirm CR was lacking);

SGA = Small for gestational age (with persistent short stature after two years); GHD = Growth hormone deficiency; CD = Celiac disease

Grote et al. BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:21   doi:10.1186/1471-2431-8-21