|
Characteristics
|
Lymphedema patients
|
Comparison Group
|
P-value
|
|---|
| |
Mean (SD)
|
Mean (SD)
| |
|
Age
|
53.28 (10.95)
|
51.47 (10.58)
|
0.093
|
|
No of Excised LN
|
12.04 (6.48)
|
10.45 (6.15)
|
0.032
|
|
No of Involved LN
|
3.91 (5.06)
|
3.04 (3.94)
|
0.102
|
|
Time since cancer diagnosis (months)
|
42.27 (44.8)
|
29.7 (31.13)
|
0.001
|
| |
N (%)
|
N (%)
| |
|
Employee
|
54 (27)
|
56 (28)
|
0.911
|
|
Education ≥ High school
|
134 (67.7)
|
154 (80.6)
|
0.014
|
|
Married
|
174 (87)
|
160 (80)
|
0.079
|
|
MRM
|
109 (60.9)
|
77 (52.7)
|
0.145
|
|
Receiving Chemotherapy
|
180 (94.2)
|
161 (87.5)
|
0.03
|
|
Receiving Radiotherapy
|
154 (79)
|
113 (72.9)`
|
0.207
|
|
Underlying disease
|
71 (35.5)
|
50 (25)
|
0.029
|
|
BMI >= 25
|
148 (76.3)
|
117 (62.6)
|
0.004
|
- LN lymph node, MRM modified radical mastectomy, BMI body mass index
