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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 28.
Published in final edited form as: Obes Res. 1999 Jul;7(4):387–394. doi: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1999.tb00422.x

Table 1.

Subject characteristics

PWS Controls
Male Female Male Female
Age (years.month) 16.2 34.7 11.0 23.5
Weight (kg) 101.4 54.4 102.1 46.7
Height (cm) 151.1 147.3 167.5 147.3
BMI (kg/m2) 44.5 25.2 36.4 21.6
Body fat (%) 49.0 35.2 53.2 20.1
FFM (kg)
 51.6 35.4 48.0 37.4

PWS, Prader-Willi syndrome; BMI, body mass index; FFM, fat-free mass. Body composition was determined by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.