Short stature is a height of a human being, which is below typical.

• Whether a patient is context depends on context
• Typically defined as an adult height >2 standard deviations below the mean for age and gender, which corresponds ot the shortest 2.3% of individuals
• In developed countries, this is usually adult men <163cm, and women <150cm, using >2 standard devitions, although others may use 1 or 3 standard deviations. By comparison, the mean height is 170.5cm in men, and 160cm in women

• Because of the lack of precision, there is often disagreement about the degree of shortness that could be considered short

• Height