Research Article

Gender Differences in the Behavioral Symptom Severity of Prader-Willi Syndrome

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

TotalMaleFemaleDELmUPD value (-test)
Gender groupsGenotype groups

Number (patients)8245375923
IQ (mean ± SD)49.3 ± 9.649.9 ± 9.348.2 ± 10.349.7 ± 9.844.6 ± 6.50.440.001
IQ range39–8439–7939–8439–8439–62
Age (mean ± SD)18.6 ± 9.419.7 ± 10.216.9 ± 8.019.0 ± 9.515.4 ± 7.60.110.017
Age range6–586–586–456–586–36

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