Clinical Study
Regional Prevalence of Short Stature in Saudi School-Age Children and Adolescents
Table 2
Regional prevalence of short stature in adolescents.
| | Age (years) | North: No (% <2 SD*) | Southwest: No (% <2 SD) | Central: No (% <2 SD) | | Boys | Girls | All | Boys | Girls | All | Boys | Girls | All |
| | 13–<14 | 110 (9) | 116 (13.8) | 226 (11.4) | 117 (12.8) | 126 (16.7) | 243 (14.8) | 106 (8.5) | 97 (21.6) | 203 (15.1) | | 14–<15 | 153 (10.5) | 127 (14.2) | 280 (12.4) | 125 (20) | 109 (18.3) | 234 (19.2) | 86 (7) | 112 (15.2) | 198 (11.1) | | 15–<16 | 115 (14.8) | 107 (8.4) | 222 (11.6) | 95 (12.6) | 102 (19.6) | 197 (16.1) | 97 (15.5) | 85 (16.5) | 18 (16) | | 16–<17 | 115 (10.4) | 104 (16.3) | 219 (13.4) | 115 (21.7) | 103 (25.2) | 218 (23.5) | 93 (20.4) | 78 (11.5) | 171 (16) | | 17–<18 | 98 (11.2) | 110 (13.6) | 208 (12.4) | 88 (25) | 93 (17.2) | 181 (21.1) | 68 (13.2) | 72 (15.3) | 140 (14.3) |
| | Overall | 591 (11.2) | 564 (13.3) | 1155 (12.2) | 540 (18.3) | 533 (19.3) | 1073 (18.8) | 450 (12.9) | 444 (16.2) | 894 (14.5) |
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*Standard deviation.
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