The number of children meeting the UK referral criteria
| UK referral criterion | Pathological stature (groups 1 and 2) n (%) | Non-pathological stature (groups 3 and 4) n (%) | Total n (%) |
| Height SDS (HtSDS) | |||
| <−2.7 | 27 (41) | 13 (17) | 40 (28) |
| >−2.7 | 39 (59) | 64 (83) | 103 (72) |
| Ht-THSDS | |||
| >2.0 | 29 (48) | 13 (17) | 42 (30) |
| <2.0 | 32 (52) | 62 (83) | 94 (70) |
| Height deflection SDS (HtDefSDS) | |||
| >1.3 | 21 (33) | 23 (32) | 44 (33) |
| <1.3 | 43 (67) | 48 (68) | 91 (67) |
| Any positive criterion | |||
| 1+positive criteria | 53 (80) | 37 (48) | 90 (63) |
| 0 positive criteria | 13 (20) | 40 (52) | 53 (37) |
| HSDS and/or Ht-THSDS criteria | |||
| 1 positive criteria | 45 (68) | 19 (25) | 64 (45) |
| 0 positive criteria | 21 (32) | 58 (75) | 21 (32) |
Ht-THSDS, height SDS−target height SDS; SDS, SD scores.