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Table 1 Demographic and clinical data on the 35 participants with PWS: Group A: primary hypogonadism; Group B: central hypogonadism; Group C: partial gonadal & central dysfunction; Group D: mild central and severe gonadal dysfunction

From: The FSH-inhibin axis in prader-willi syndrome: heterogeneity of gonadal dysfunction

 

Group A (n=10)

Group B 2 (n=8)

Group C (n=9)

Group D 3 (n=8)

Males/Females4

9 / 1

4/ 4

4 / 5

2 / 6

Genetic subtype DEL/UPD/IC

8 / 2

5 / 2 / 1

4 / 5

4 / 4

Age (y) (mean±SD)

    

 Males

23.7±6.3

21.2±5.5

21.5±4.9

19.5±2.1

 Females

17.4

24.0±2.7

24.2±4.9

23.2±5.7

Height (cm)

    

 Males

154.0±8.2

152.0±5.3

155.6±9.5

151.5±4.2

 Females

154

142.5±11.6

148.3±4.1

141.1±13.0

BMI (cm/kg2)

 Males

26.2±3.8

36.6±4.7

35.3±17.2

28.4±8.1

 Females

28.7

35.5±1.6

37.2±15.2

36.7±13.3

Pubic hair1

    

 Males

4.2±0.8

2.3±1.5

3.8±1.3

4.5±0.7

 Females

3

4.0±0.0

4.6±0.5

3.0±1.7

Breast development 1

3

4.0±0.0

4.4±0.6

3.4±0.5

Penis length (cm)

8.2±1.7

5.3±0.3

8.5±3.7

7.3±1.8

Testes volume 1

1.7±0.9

1.5±1.0

2.6±1.3

1.5±0.7

  1. 1 Tanner stages (13, 14).
  2. 2 One man who was treated with testosterone for few months about 10 years before the study was excluded from the morphometric and sexual development analysis. His penile length was 8 cm, PH Tanner stage 4 and testes Tanner stage 1.
  3. 3 One woman who has been treated with sequential estradiol and progestin (progyluton) for a few years before the study was excluded from the morphometric and sexual development analysis. She had breast and PH Tanner stage 5.
  4. 4P = 0.04 for the difference in the sex ration, χ2 test.