Table 6.

Presence or Absence of Symptoms on the Side of Cancer Diagnosis in the Interview Period^* Before Onset of Lymphedema and Lymphedema Status in the Next Interview Period by Symptom

Symptom	Symptom Present			Symptom Absent			Hazard Ratio	95% CI
	No. of Interview Periods With Symptom Present and No Lymphedema Yet	Immediately Following Interview Periods With Lymphedema		No. of Interview Periods With Symptom Present and No Lymphedema Yet	Immediately Following Interview Periods With Lymphedema
		No.	%		No.	%
Jewelry too tight	64	19	29.7	819	40	4.9	7.37	4.26 to 12.76
Clothing too tight	13	4	30.8	870	55	6.3	5.47	1.98 to 15.10
Puffiness	29	5	17.2	854	54	6.3	4.20	1.66 to 10.62
Could not see veins or knuckles in hand	2	0	0.0	881	59	6.7	—†	—
Skin felt different	33	5	15.2	850	54	6.4	3.12	1.24 to 7.82
Skin felt tired/thick/heavy	106	16	15.1	777	43	5.5	3.52	1.97 to 6.27
Pain	141	16	11.3	742	43	5.8	2.42	1.36 to 4.32
Indentations in skin	15	2	13.3	868	57	6.6	1.88	0.46 to 7.71
Swelling after exercise	17	3	17.6	866	56	6.5	3.45	1.08 to 11.05
Difficulty writing with dominant hand	43	3	7.0	423	24	5.7	1.35	0.41 to 4.49

^*Interview period is the time between month and year of the prior interview (reference date if the first interview) and current interview date.

^†Cannot calculate hazard ratio and CI because of sparse data.