Clinical Study
Regional Prevalence of Short Stature in Saudi School-Age Children and Adolescents
Table 1
Regional prevalence of short stature in school-age children.
| | Age (years) | North: No (% <2 SD*) | Southwest: No (% <2 SD) | Central: No (% <2 SD) | | Boys | Girls | All | Boys | Girls | All | Boys | Girls | All |
| | 5–<6 | 152 (8.6) | 124 (4.8) | 276 (6.7) | 110 (3.6) | 117 (15.4) | 227 (9.5) | 146 (4.8) | 111 (3.6) | 257 (4.2) | | 6–<7 | 131 (6.1) | 140 (3.6) | 271 (4.9) | 112 (11.6) | 93 (4.3) | 205 (8) | 104 (5.8) | 129 (3.1) | 233 (4.5) | | 7–<8 | 149 (6) | 141 (8.5) | 290 (7.3) | 111 (13.5) | 113 (16.8) | 224 (15.2) | 124 (6.5) | 120 (3.3) | 244 (4.9) | | 8–<9 | 150 (3.3) | 133 (6.8) | 283 (5.1) | 118 (16.9) | 94 (14.9) | 212 (15.9) | 129 (15.5) | 118 (5.1) | 247 (10.3) | | 9–<10 | 136 (4.4) | 145 (5.5) | 281 (5) | 124 (9.7) | 108 (12) | 232 (10.9) | 131 (6.9) | 109 (6.4) | 240 (6.7) | | 10–<11 | 152 (6.6) | 134 (4.5) | 286 (5.6) | 101 (7.9) | 118 (12.7) | 219 (10.3) | 114 (5.3) | 131 (6.1) | 245 (5.7) | | 11–<12 | 145 (5.5) | 130 (9.2) | 275 (7.4) | 113 (14.2) | 98 (4.1) | 211 (9.2) | 112 (8.9) | 116 (6) | 228 (7.5) | | 12–<13 | 123 (12.2) | 126 (8.7) | 249 (10.5) | 106 (12.3) | 116 (13.8) | 222 (13.1) | 117 (9.4) | 102 (5.9) | 219 (7.7) |
| | Overall | 1138 (6.5) | 1073 (6.4) | 2211 (6.5) | 895 (11.3) | 857 (12) | 1752 (11.6) | 977 (6) | 936 (4.9) | 1913 (5.5) |
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*Standard deviation.
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