Table 1. Description of socio-demographic and clinical variables between normal controls and patients with narcolepsy-cataplexy.

	Normal controls N = 55		Narcolepsy with cataplexy N = 51
	n	%	n	%	p-value
Gender
Male	20	36.36	22	43.14	0.48
Female	35	63.64	29	56.86
Age (years)
<26	11	20.00	13	25.49	0.92
[26–35[	15	27.27	13	25.49
[35–49[	14	25.45	13	25.49
≥49	15	27.27	12	23.53
BMI (kg/m2)
<25	43	78.18	25	49.02	0.0022
≥25	12	21.82	26	50.98
Season of sampling
Winter	12	21.82	12	23.53	0.13
Spring	17	30.91	15	29.41
Summer	22	40.00	13	25.49
Fall	4	7.27	11	21.57

BMI: Body Mass Index.