Clinical and anthropometric characteristics according to GH status^$.

GH: growth hormone; GHD: growth hormone deficiency; Δ height-SDS: difference between participants’ height SDS and the genetic target height (height-SDS - MPH‡-SDS); BA/CA: ratio between bone age and chronological age. $Continuous variables were compared using one way ANOVA; categorical variables (gender, pubertal state) were compared using the Chi-square (χ2) test. *Organic GHD lower than both Idiopathic GHD and GHS. **Idiopathic GHD higher than both organic GHD and GHS. ***GHS significantly lower than IGHD. ‡MPH: Mid-parental height (average of the heights of the parents, plus 6.5 cm for male patients and minus 6.5 cm for females). Clinical and anthropometric characteristics according to GH status$.