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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 8.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2006 Oct;14(10):1685–1690. doi: 10.1038/oby.2006.193

Table 1.

Demographic and anthropometric measurements of Prader-Willi syndrome and obese subjects

Subject groups M:F Age (yr) (mean ± SD) Weight (kg) (mean ± SD) Height (cm) (mean ± SD) BMI (kg/m2) (mean ± SD) Lean BMI* (mean ± SD) Tissue % fat (mean ± SD) Tissue % lean (mean ± SD)

Prader-Willi Syndrome Deletion 11:16 21.8 ± 8.0 79.1 ± 22.5 150.1 ± 7.9 34.7 ± 9.0 15.1 ± 2.5 52.6 ± 7.4 47.4 ± 7.4
UPD 10:11 23.3 ± 9.3 76.1 ± 20.9 148.8 ± 8.0 33.8 ± 9.1 15.8 ± 2.8 49.5 ± 7.7 50.5 ± 7.7
Total 21:27 22.5 ± 8.5 77.8 ± 21.6 150.4 ± 7.8 34.3 ± 9.0 15.4 ± 2.6 52.2 ± 0.79 47.8 ± 0.79
Obese 09:15 26.5 ± 13.1 108.4 ± 24.6 162.3 ± 9.4 41.0 ± 8.0 18.9 ± 2.7 47.0 ± 1.1 53.0 ± 1.1

SD, standard deviation; UPD, uniparental disomy.

*

Lean BMI = lean mass (kg)/height (m)2.

p < 0.01

p < 0.001, according to Student’s t test.