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. 2021 Nov 15;10(22):5310. doi: 10.3390/jcm10225310

Table 1.

Description of the population at inclusion (n = 39).

Overall Population
n = 39 (%)
n = Patients Whose Data Was Known
Sex
Female 22 (56.4) 39
Male 17 (43.6) 39
Age (yr) median [IQR25–75] 25.6 [23.1; 31.7] 39
Adults (age ≥ 18 yr) 36 (92.3) 39
Children (age < 18 yr) 3 (7.7) 39
Genetic Subtype
Deletion 23 (59) 39
Disomy 13 (33.3) 39
Translocation 15; 17 1 (2.3) 39
Abnormal methylation without further precision 2 (5.1) 39
Neonatal Data
Prematurity (birth < 37 GW) 7 (25) 28
Small for gestational age 9 (33.3) 27
Age (months) at PWS—median [IQR25–75] 29 [3,8; 157] 32
Followed by a Pediatric Team 29 (85.3) 34
Duration of Diabetes (yr) median [IQR25–75] 9.9 [4.3; 12.3] 38
Endocrine Comorbidities
GH treatment throughout life 21 (58.3) 36
Thyrotropic insufficiency 16 (42.1) 38
Corticotropic insufficiency 2 (5.6) 36
Hypogonadism 35 (94.6) 37
Metabolic Comorbidities
Hypertension treated or having been treated 18 (56.3) 32
Hypertriglyceridemia (TG > 1.5 g/L) 22 (56.4) 39
HDL cholesterol < 0.4 g/L 22 (59.4) 37
Psychiatric Comorbidities
Psychiatric hospitalization 14 (48.3) 29
Medications
Number of medications per patient—median [IQR25–75] 6 [4.5; 7] 39
Diabetes medications
Metformin 29 (82.9) 35
GLP-1 agonists 17 (51.5) 33
Insulin 19 (50) 38
Sulfonamides 7 (20.6) 34
DPP-4 inhibitors 3 (8.8) 32
Meglitinides 3 (8.8) 34
SGLT-2 inhibitors 6 (16.7) 38
Endocrine medications
Growth hormone 6 (16.2) 37
Levothyroxine 13 (35.1) 37
Hydrocortisone 2 (5.6) 36
Testosterone for boys 11 (64.7) 17
Estroprogestatives for girls 12 (54.6) 22
Psychotropic medications 20 (52.6) 38
Antipsychotic drugs of all generations 18 (47.4) 38
1st-generation antipsychotic drugs 9 (24.3) 37
2nd-generation antipsychotic drugs 15 (38.5) 39
Benzodiazepines 5 (13.9) 36
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors 12 (32.4) 37

Data are expressed as Number (%) or Median [IQR], yr: years, GW: weeks of gestation, PWS: Prader-Willi syndrome, GH: growth hormone, TG: triglycerides, HDL: high-density lipoproteins, DPP4: dipeptidyl peptidase-4, GLP-1: glucose-like peptide 1, SGLT-2: sodium/glucose cotransporter 2.