Prevalence of Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Prader–Willi Syndrome

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the patients with PWS (n = 20).

Characteristics	All patients
Age, years^∗	5.83 (2.7–12)
Male/female, n	9/11
BMI (kg/m^2)^∗	25.89 (20.1–36.3)
BMI z-score^∗	3.77 (2.7–4.6)
History of snoring, n (%)	8 (40%)
History of snoring and apnea, n (%)	8 (40%)
History of adenoidectomy, n (%)	4 (20.0)
History of tonsillectomy, n (%)	2 (10.0)
History of GH therapy, n (%)	7 (35.0)

BMI, body mass index; GH, hormone therapy. Numerical variables are expressed as ^∗median (IQR) and categorical variables as frequencies and percentages. The table provides descriptive data for the entire population. The bold values represent the median and interquartile range.