Table 3.

BMI z-score velocity (see Methods) in n = 7 patients with hypothalamic obesity undergoing individual treatment attempts with dextroamphetamine before the initiation and during the course of stimulant treatment

Patient ID	BMI z-score velocity before insult	BMI z-score at hypothalamic insult	BMI z-score at start dextroamphetamine	BMI z-score velocity before dextroamphetamine	BMI z-score velocity 1st year dextroamphetamine	BMI z-score velocity 2nd year dextroamphetamine	BMI z-score velocity 3rd year dextroamphetamine
1	n.a.	–0.30	1.79	0.60	–0.12	0.22	–0.93
2	n.a.	1.86	2.59	n.a.	0.04	0.42	–0.06
3	–0.5	1.35	2.58	0.35	–0.21	–0.34	0.17
4	n.a.	2.62	3.51	n.a.	–0.32	–0.21	n.a.
5	n.a.	n.a.	4.20	n.a.	–0.29	–0.13	–0.11
6	n.a.	1.76	3.09	1.33	–0.11	0.34	n.a.
7	n.a.	n.a.	4.38	n.a.	–0.22	n.a.	n.a.
Total groupa			3.17±0.93		–0.18±0.12	0.05±0.32	–0.23±0.48
Craniopharyngioma groupa			2.62±0.71		–0.15±0.15	0.02±0.36
Othersa			3.89±0.7		–0.21±0.09

^aMean ± standard deviation.