Histology of adipose tissue inflammation in Dercum's disease, obesity and normal weight controls: a case control study

Table 1 Patient profile (median and range).

Baseline characteristics	Dercum (n = 53)	Obese controls (n = 41)	Normal weight controls (n = 11)
Age (years)	51 (22-68)	50 (26-69)	43 (17-73)
Weight (kg)	95 (55-140)	91 (55-129)	69 (52-79)
BMI (kg/m ² )	35 (28-55)	34 (28-46)	24 (19-26)

There were no differences between the DD patients and the obese controls as regards age (p = 0.37), weight (0.52) or BMI (p = 0.44). There was a difference between the DD patients and the normal weight controls as regards weight (p = 0.01) and BMI (p = 0.004), but not age (p = 0.50). Similarly, there was a difference between the obese controls and the normal weight controls as regards weight (p = 0.001) and BMI (p = 0.042), but not age (p = 0.37). The differences were analysed using Mann-Whitney test.

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