Propranolol Treatment for Infantile Hemangiomas: Short-Term Adverse Effects and Follow-Up to Age Two

Table 6

Height and body weight of 2-year-old children.

Characteristic	(%)	Height, cm				BW, kg
		Average		<−2SD	>+2SD	Average		<−2SD	>+2SD
		/M (Q25,Q75)
Gender
Female	199 (68.2)	87.9 ± 3.2	0.043^#	3	3	12.00 (11.00, 12.60)	0.937	1	3
Male	93 (31.8)	98.3 ± 3.3	0.017^#	1	2	12.50 (11.80, 13.20)	0.737	0	2
Starting age
≤3 months
Female	82 (28.1)	87.0 ± 2.8①	0.751	0	1	12.00 (11.00, 12.65)②	0.776	0	2
Male	35 (12.0)	89.0 (87.0, 90.0)③	0.514	1	1	12.50 (12.00, 12.80)④	0.183	0	1
>3 months
Female	117 (40.1)	87.9 ± 3.5①	0.025^#	3	2	11.85 ± 1.12②	0.891	1	1
Male	58 (19.9)	89.8 ± 3.7③	0.010^#	0	1	12.60 (11.80, 13.50)④	0.222	0	1
Preterm birth
Female	15 (5.1)	88.1 ± 3.6⑤	0.459	0	1	11.92 ± 1.44⑥	0.820	0	2
Male	10 (3.4)	87.9 ± 3.0⑦	0.527	0	0	12.17 ± 0.86⑧	0.201	0	0
Term birth
Female	184 (63.0)	87.7 ± 3.2⑤	0.055	3	2	12.00 (11.00, 12.60)⑥	0.821	1	1
Male	83 (28.4)	89.5 ± 3.3⑦	0.008^#	1	2	12.50 (12.00, 13.20)⑧	0.513	0	2
Adverse effect
No
Female	162 (55.5)	87.9 ± 3.2⑨	0.013^#	2	2	11.94 ± 1.12⑩	0.593	0	1
Male	76 (26.0)	89.3 ± 3.2⑪	0.032^#	1	0	12.50 (11.80, 13.20)⑫	0.768	0	1
Yes
Female	37 (12.7)	86.9 ± 3.2⑨	0.368	1	1	12.00 (10.75, 12.00)⑩	0.462	1	2
Male	17 (5.8)	89.6 ± 3.7⑪	0.319	0	2	12.87 ± 1.61 ⑫	0.794	0	1

Wilcoxon signed-rank test: compared with standard reference, ^#, Mann-Whitney U-test: ① , ② , ③ , ④ , ⑥ , ⑧ , ⑩ , ⑫ , t-test: ⑤ , ⑦ , ⑨ , ⑪ .