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Table 2 Genetic information and response to growth hormone therapy in patients

From: Novel pathogenic NPR2 variants in short stature patients and the therapeutic response to rhGH

 

Age

(years)

Duration of GH treatment

(years)

Dose of rhGH

(IU/kg/d)

Height

(cm)

HSDS

Bone age

(years)

IGF1

(pg/mL)

IGFBP3

(mg/L)

Genetic information

Patient 1

7.6

0

0.13

110.2

-3.06

5.8

116

3.05

NPR2 c.1579 C > T,p.Leu527Phe

De novo

8.1

0.5

0.14

115.5

-2.40

ND

176

3.03

8.6

1

0.15

121.0

-1.78

8.0

324

3.45

9.1

1.5

0.16

125.0

-1.56

8.6

181

3.74

9.6

2

0.17

128.6

-1.40

9.5

153

3.26

Patient 2

4.5

0

0.15

96.3

-2.60

4.5

158

4.55

NPR2

c.2842dupC,p.His948Profs*5

Inherited from the mother

5

0.5

0.15

101.8

-2.00

ND

383

6.58

5.5

1

0.14

106.7

-1.58

5.6

318

5.99

6

1.5

0.14

110.7

-1.28

ND

236

7.41

6.5

2

0.14

114.9

-0.96

6.6

292

6.39

Patient 3

7.5

0

0.15

110.8

-3.11

4.5

185

3.90

NPR2

c.2643 G > A, p.His840Gln*

Inherited from the father

8

0.5

0.15

115.8

-2.77

ND

325

5.80

8.5

1

0.166

119.7

-2.10

6.6

369

5.94

9

1.5

0.17

123.8

-1.87

7.3

334

4.97

9.5

2

0.19

128.2

-1.63

8.0

387

5.98

  1. GH: growth hormone; HSDS: height standard deviation score; rhGH: recombinant human growth hormone; IGF1: insulin-like growth factor-1; IGFBP3: insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3; ND: not done