hrp0086fc8.6 | Growth: Clinical | ESPE2016

Birth Characteristics Explain One Third of Expected Deaths in rhGH-treated Patients Diagnosed with IGHD, ISS & SGA

Albertsson-Wikland Kerstin , Martensson Anton , Savendahl Lars , Niklasson Aimon , Bang Peter , Dahlgren Jovanna , Gustafsson Jan , Kristrom Berit , Norgren Svante , Pehrsson Nils-Gunnar , Oden Anders

Background: That mortality is not increased in rhGH-treated patients when adjusting for birth characteristics was recently published (1). When applying a developed mortality model of the general population, the observed and expected deaths in rhGH-treated IGHD, ISS and SGA patients (n=3847) where 21 and 21.99, respectively. The model includes gender, age, calendar year, gestational age (GA), birth lengthSDS (BLSDS), birth weightSDS (BW...