Research Article
Association between Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 and Relative Skeletal Maturation: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Short Children and Adolescents
Table 3
Threshold effect analysis of the association between the IGF-1 SDS and BA-CA before and after GH therapy by multivariate piecewise regression.
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Adjustment variables: age, sex, pubertal stage, height SDS, weight, BMI SDS, E2, T, LH, and FSH. Height SDS: height standard deviation scores; BMI SDS: body mass index standard deviation scores; E2: estradiol; T: testosterone; FSH: follicle stimulating hormone; LH: luteinizing hormone. is considered to be statistically significant. |