Table 1.

Caregiver and Patient Characteristics

	Total, N = 468	Hyperphagia, n = 319	No Hyperphagia, n = 149	P Valuea
Caregiver
Caregiver age, mean (range)	49.2 (22–83)	51.6 (22–83)	43.9 (25–74)	<0.001
Parent	97.4%	96.6%	99.3%	0.077
Gender: Woman	83.5%	83.3%	83.9%	0.88
Race: White	87.4%	86.8%	88.6%	0.59
Education: Bachelor’s degree or higher	70.7%	68.6%	75.2%	0.14
Income: Above $100,000 annually	59.3%	54.2%	69.6%	0.006
Personality features
Optimistic	72.3%	70.3%	76.5%	0.16
Health-seeking	83.7%	85.4%	79.9%	0.13
Risk-taking	28.7%	29.2%	27.5%	0.71
Good with numbers	69.2%	68.0%	71.8%	0.41
Control-seeking	71.2%	71.3%	70.9%	0.93
Familiar with regulatory process	46.7%	45.6%	49.0%	0.49
Patient
Patient age, mean (range)	15.6 (4–54)	18.0 (4–54)	10.2 (4–47)	<0.001
Genetic subtype				0.036
Deletion	48.9%	50.2%	46.3%
Uniparental disomy	38.5%	34.8%	46.3%
Privately insured	68.8%	65.2%	76.5%	0.014
Symptoms
Skin picking	69.9%	80.3%	47.7%	<0.001
Overweight/obesity	51.5%	64.9%	22.8%	<0.001

^aComparing hyperphagia versus no hyperphagia.