Table 3 Detection of new cases
StudyAge of children (years)No. children screenedNo. of new cases (yield per 1000)
Growth hormone deficiencyTurner syndromeJuvenile hypothyroidismPsychosocial short statureAll conditions
Agwu 2004284–534742 (0.58)1 (0.29)1 (0.29)4 (1.15)
Ahmed 1995303, 4.520 3381 (0.05)1 (0.05)11 (0.54)
Aszkenasy 2005344–59338
Banerjee 20031861592
Cernerud 19943610, 147129
de la Puente 1999295–820842 (0.96)
Hearn 1995375, 1195492 (0.21)2 (0.21)11 (1.15)
Keller 2002380–1960 98438 (0.62)4 (0.07)2 (0.03)3 (0.05)112 (1.84)
Lacey 1974351022561 (0.44)1 (0.44)4 (1.77)
Lindsay 1994315–11114 88116 (0.14)6 (0.05)3 (0.03)25 (0.22)
Vimpani 1981336–948 2219 (0.19)1 (0.02)1 (0.02)11 (0.23)
Voss 199232514 3461 (0.07)1 (0.07)8 (0.56)
Range of yield per 10000–0.620–0.070–0.290–0.440–1.84
Population prevalence per 10000.25*0.2†0.69‡
  • *1 in 4000 UK 9 year olds. †1 in 2500 live female births. ‡1 in 1450 people under the age of 22 in UK. §Unknown.