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      Target Height Estimation in Children with Idiopathic Short Stature Who Are Referred to the Growth Clinic

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          Aim: It was the aim of this study to evaluate adult height (AH) and different methods used for estimation of target height (TH) in children with idiopathic short stature (ISS). Methods: Eighty-five ISS children (36 female, 49 male) were followed until AH was evaluated retrospectively. TH was calculated according to the following 4 methods: (1) as ±6.5 cm to the mean parental heights for boys or girls, respectively, (2) as the mean standard deviation score (SDS) of the parents’ heights, (3) as the sum of the SDS of the parents’ heights divided by 1.61, and (4) as the mean SDS of the parents’ heights multiplied by 0.72. ISS was classified as familial short stature (FSS) if the height was within the TH range and as nonfamilial short stature (NFSS) if it was below the TH range. Results: The number of FSS and NFSS children differed by the method chosen. The mean AH SDS was lower than the TH SDS in FSS in all methods, except in method 3. NFSS children did not attain their TH in either of the methods. Conclusions: Classification of ISS depends on the method of the TH range chosen. ISS children reach a mean AH SDS lower than the mean TH SDS. Only FSS children classified by method 3 reached a mean AH SDS close to the mean TH SDS.

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            Growth references for Turkish children aged 6 to 18 years.

            To create up-to-date reference standards for Turkish children, and to compare these with growth standards for US children (CDC 2000 Growth Charts) and with previous local data. Height and weight measurements of 1100 boys and 1020 girls were obtained by biannual visits to six schools located in relatively well-off districts of Istanbul city. All children came from well-to-do families and all were healthy. All measurements were made by two trained technicians. The LMS method was used in the analyses. Heights of the boys and girls in all age groups were close to the updated 2000 USA growth references and showed an increase from data on Turkish children born 30 y earlier. Weight values were high compared to reference data on US children and to the older data on Turkish children. These results indicate that height growth in Turkish school-age children of high socio-economic level conforms to the updated growth data on US children. The data also show a secular upward trend in Turkey. Weight-for-age values indicate an increase in obesity. The results also point to the value of collecting and evaluating local growth data periodically.
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              The Calculation of Target Height Reconsidered

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                Journal
                HRE
                Horm Res Paediatr
                10.1159/issn.1663-2818
                Hormone Research in Paediatrics
                S. Karger AG
                1663-2818
                1663-2826
                2009
                September 2009
                01 September 2009
                : 72
                : 3
                : 178-183
                Affiliations
                aDepartment of Pediatrics, Pediatric Endocrinology Unit, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, and bDepartment of Pediatrics, Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey; cDepartment of Pediatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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                232494 Horm Res 2009;72:178–183
                10.1159/000232494
                19729950
                229e3784-24b9-4bbe-9858-c9a7ef3849ec
                © 2009 S. Karger AG, Basel

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                History
                : 23 October 2008
                : 30 December 2008
                Page count
                Figures: 2, Tables: 2, References: 21, Pages: 6
                Categories
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                Endocrinology & Diabetes,Neurology,Nutrition & Dietetics,Sexual medicine,Internal medicine,Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical medicine
                Idiopathic short stature,Adult height,Target height

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