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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Causes of death in Prader-Willi syndrome: lessons from 11 years’ experience of a national reference center

 

Children < 18 years old (n = 17)

Adults 18 years old (n = 87)

Total

(n = 104)

Age at death, median (min;max)

1.4 (0.1;17.8)

32.0 (18.6;58.0)

30 (0.1;58.0)

Gender, n (%)

Information available for 100% of patients

 Male

7 (41%)

49 (56%)

56 (54%)

 Female

10 (59%)

38 (44%)

48 (46%)

Genetic subtype, n (%)

Information available for 37% of patients

 Deletion

7 (70%)

18 (64%)

25 (66%)

 Uniparental maternal disomy

2 (20%)

7 (25%)

9 (24%)

 Imprinting defect

1 (10%)

3 (11%)

4 (10%)

Growth hormone treatment, n (%)

Information available for 34% of patients

 No

5 (45%)

16 (67%)

21 (60%)

 Yes

6 (55%)

8 (33%)

14 (40%)

Obesity, n (%)

Information available for 49% of patients

 No

6 (75%)

1 (2%)

7 (14%)

 Yes

2 (25%)

42 (98%)

44 (86%)