Other aspects of their medical status as adults may be important, particularly if they are deficient in other hormones. We should also consider the possibility that their experiences as children and adolescents related to their growth hormone deficiency and its treatment may be a factor. The study places in perspective the relationship between height and happiness. Our goal is to allow each person to reach the normal range so their short stature doesn't constitute a physical disability. Maybe beyond that we aren't going to find benefits.
Quality of life is an enormously complex concept.
Also participating in the study were Margaret H. MacGillivray, Richard R. Clopper, Caroline Fung, Linda LeRoux and Dana E. Alliger, all of UB and Children's Hospital. If you wish to quote from any part of this story, please credit University At Buffalo as the original source.