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Table 1 Demographics of participants with PWS and their families for the pilot, large-scale and follow-up studies

From: Validation of the Food Safe Zone questionnaire for families of individuals with Prader-Willi syndrome

 

Pilot

Large-Scale

Follow-up

Demographic Variables

M (SD) or %

M (SD) or %

M (SD) or %

N

133

624a

119

Age, Years

18.86 (7.89)

Range: 5–43

18.60 (10.65)

Range: 5–59

15.25 (7.75)

Range: 5–44

Gender

42.1% Male

57.9% Female

46% Male

54% Female

48% Male

52% Female

Genetic Subtypes

   

Paternal Deletion

61.1%

50.8%

48.8%

mUPD

32.8%

34.4%

43.1%

Imprinting Deficit

3.8%

3.2%

3.1%

Other

2.3%

2.3%

1.3%

Unknown

 

9.3%

3.7%

Education

Maternal/Paternal

   

High School

2-year college

4-year college

Post-graduate

21.4%, 27.0%

16.8%, 10.3%

31.3%, 32.5%

30.5%, 30.2%

17.2%, 24.4%

29.8%, 30.6%

34.2%, 26.9%

18.9%, 18.1%

18.8%, 23.3%

15.0%, 11.3%

28.1%, 31.4%

38.1%, 34.0%

Annual Income

   

$10,000 - $30,000

$31,000 - $50,000

$51,000 - $70,000

$71,000–100,000

> $100,000

Unknown

6.1%

4.5%

13.8%

20.8%

54.6%

--

5.8%

16.7%

16.0%

17.1%

35.3%

9.1%

8.8%

8.8%

13.8%

16.4%

52.2%

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Race, Ethnicity

   

White

92.3%

85.2%

88.7%

Hispanic

3.1%

7.4%

5.2%

Asian

2.3%

2.5%

3.5%

Black

2.3%

2.3%

2.6%

Multi-racial

 

2.6%

 
  1. aLarge scale study included 133 pilot and 491 participants from FPWR’s registry