Serum thyroxine and thyroid stimulating hormone values in unreferred children with short stature.
Of 449 children aged 6-9 years with heights below the first centile in a total population of 48 221, only 1 had previously undiagnosed hypothyroidism. In a community with well developed health services hypothyroidism is unlikely to be the cause of short stature among primary school children.
D001827:Body Height; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000097:blood*; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000097:blood*
D013972:Thyrotropin; D013974:Thyroxine