While we aim to keep all lists of links of high quality, the inclusion of a link does not imply that APEG endorses or otherwise approves that site or the information contained therein. Members must make their own judgment about any information that they obtain from any linked site
Further important information about Growth Hormone is available in the website section on the OZGROW Subcommittee
Australian and New Zealand Growth Charts:
The APEG endorsed growth charts for boys and girls in Australia and New Zealand:
- Girls 2-18 years
- Boys 2-18 years
- APEG would like to recognise Pfizer in their support of providing these growth charts.
Other Growth Charts
- Infants and children less than 2 years of age – use the WHO growth standards
- Children between 2 yrs and 18 yrs use the CDC charts – Girls and Boys
RECOMMENDED CHARTS FOR GIRLS AND BOYS AT DIFFERENT AGES ARE LISTED BELOW
| Girls | Boys | Centiles | ||
| 0 – 24 months | World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006 | Weight | Weight | 3rd – 97th
3rd – 97th 3rd – 97th |
| 2 – 20 years | Centre for Disease Control (CDC) USA 2000 | Height & Weight | Height & Weight | 3rd – 97th
3rd – 97th |
DOWNLOAD: CDC Height Chart 1st percentile data – females and males (centimetres)
Growth Charts for Specific conditions and groups
- Please refer to the Magic Foundation Growth Chart website for access to charts including those for:
- Cerebal Palsy
- Down Syndrome
- Turner Syndrome
- Russell Silver Syndrome
- Achondroplasia
- Williams Syndrome
- Prader Willi Syndrome (go to G for Growth charts)
- DiGeorge Syndrome (AKA 22q11 deletion syndrome).
- Alternative Growth Charts (Wiley online library, August 2012)
- Costello Syndrome. (Wiley online library, August 2012)
- Noonan and Noonan-like syndromes with mutation in the RAS/MAPK pathway (Wiley online library, August 2012)
- Alternative Growth Charts (2011) Please go to page 15 – 18 for Growth Charts.
- Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome (Wiley online library, August 2012)
Growth Hormone Resources:
- Australian Government program for growth hormone
- Department of Health GH information
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme GH information
- Department of Human Services GH information
- Update to GH indications (Feb 2019): Changes to application process matrix
- Update to GH indications (Feb 2019): GH Item and restriction codes
- Update to GH indications (Feb 2019): Guide for prescribers
- Update to GH indications (Feb 2019): GH Dose and cartridge quantity calculator (excel)
- Update to GH indications (Feb 2019): NEW initial GH application form
- New Zealand Guidelines for Growth Hormone (Pharmac)
Instructions for uploading GH applications on line
- Please CLICK HERE to view instructions from Human Services website
Adult Growth Hormone Replacement
- Australian Resources
- Adult growth hormone replacement was approved (December 2018) for use in Australia for adults with poor quality of life. Approval requires documentation of biochemical evidence of growth hormone deficiency and poor quality of life that improves with growth hormone replacement. Quality of life is assessed using the AGHDA-QOL questionnaire.
- Related documents (All current as ad December 2018)
- AGHDA-QOL questionnaire and instructions regarding its use
- Application forms for initiating and continuing growth hormone replacement.
- Somatropin – PBS Criteria for adults with severe GH deficiency
- New Zealand Resources
Professional Societies:
- The Growth Hormone Research Society
- Please find further professional society links in ‘Pituitary section’ of APEG website
Support Groups:
- Turner Syndrome Association of Australia
- Short Statured People of Australia
- Little People of America
- MAGIC Foundation (USA) – large growth disorder support group
- The Hormone Foundation (USA)
- Acromegaly.Org
Other resources and links:
- Hormones and Me Booklet Series. CLICK HERE to find the booklets listed below
- Growth Hormone Deficiency in Adults
- Growth Problems in Children
- Intrauterine Growth Retardation (IUGR)
- Turner Syndrome
- Turner Syndrome Management Guidelines (2003)
- Turner Syndrome (Explain hormones information website)
- APEG Patient Information Statement: Growth Hormone treatment in children and adolescents (APEG 2018)
- Charlies’s clinical calculators interactive growth charts (US site – metric)
- Understanding Growth Charts for Kids – what those height and weight percentiles mean
- Bone Age Assessment – Tanner Whitehouse electronic version
- Growth Hormone Research Society – Consensus Statements
- Convert Inches and Centimetres
- Interactive educational website about Turner Syndrome (UK Based teaching)
- Peditools – website with various growth calculator links as well as various other paediatric endocrine resources
Last comprehensive update completed on 11 September 2018