Table 4.

Comparison between non-obese PWS and healthy controls, and obese PWS and obese controls

		Gender	Age (years)	BMI (SDS)	AG (pg/ml)	UAG (pg/ml)	AG/UAG ratio
	n	m/f	median	median	median	median	median
Non-obese PWS (BMI < 2SDS)	100	43/57	8.9	0.4	140.1	150.7	0.89
Healthy controls	39	13/26	7.3	−0.2	82.4	157.3	0.61
Non-obese PWS vs healthy controls	139	NS	NS	NS	0.005	NS	0.003
Obese PWS (BMI > 2SDS)	38	18/20	13.5	2.7	100.1	94.9	1.08
Obese controls	50	16/34	9.8	2.8	40.3	35.8	1.16
Obese PWS vs Obese controls	88	NS	0.013	NS	<0.001	<0.001	NS

Bold values are statistically significant (p < 0.05)