Effects of different doses of long-acting growth hormone in treating children with growth hormone deficiency

Table 5 Comparison of the one-year annual growth velocity and improvement in height standard deviation score between the high-dose and low-dose group

Group	GV				HtSDS
	0-1 year	1-2 year	t value	P value	0-1 year	1-2 year	t value	P value
HDG (n = 23)	10.56 ± 1.15	7.78 ± 0.75	4.875	0.000	1.12 ± 0.28	0.42 ± 0.15	5.328	0.000
LDG (n = 21)	10.1 ± 0.99	8.41 ± 0.84	2.942	0.005	0.96 ± 0.18	0.52 ± 0.18	3.852	0.000

HDG: High-dose group; LDG: Low-dose group; GV: Growth velocity; HtSDS: Height standard deviation score.