Table 1.
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.