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Table 3 Body weight and BMI at entry, after one year and currently, for persons aged 18 or over at entry

From: Body weight, behaviours of concern, and social contact in adults and adolescents with Prader-Willi syndrome in full-time care services: Findings from pooled international archival data

 

n

M

SD

t (df)

p

Body weight (kg)

     

Paired sample #1

     

At entry

145

101.89

40.32

10.76 (144)

< 0.001

Currently

145

71.74

17.82

  

Paired sample #2

     

At entry

36

80.75

29.92

4.07 (35)

< 0.001

After one year

36

68.32

16.02

  

BMI (kg/m2)

     

Paired sample #3

     

At entry

141

41.45

16.26

19.65 (140)

< 0.001

Currently

141

29.14

6.96

  

Paired sample #4

     

At entry

34

31.47

7.98

5.32 (33)

< 0.001

After one year

34

27.40

5.34

  
  1. Note: n = number of cases in each paired sample; M = mean; SD = standard deviation; t(df) = test statistic produced by t-test for the given degrees of freedom; p = probability value used for statistical significance testing
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Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

ISSN: 1750-1172