Table 1.

Sample Characteristics, Overall and by Lymphedema Diagnosis Status

	Overall N=450	Formally Diagnosed N=290	Symptoms Only N=160	p-value
Age Group (%)
65–69	34.7	36.9	30.6	.18
70–74	34.4	33.1	36.9
75–79	21.6	21.7	21.3
80+	9.3	8.3	11.3
Race (%)
Caucasian	89.3	90.3	87.5	.04
Black	4.2	2.8	6.9
Hispanic	3.6	3.8	3.1
Other race/ethnicity	2.9	3.1	2.5
Education (%)
Less than High School	7.3	6.6	8.8	.61
High School	38.4	39.3	36.9
Some College	53.1	53.8	51.9
Marital Status (%)
Married	46.7	48.3	43.8	.27
Single	2.4	2.1	3.1
Divorced	10.9	9.7	13.1
Widowed	38.9	39.7	37.5
Income (mean/ std dev)	28,279(28,728)	31,042(31,989)	23,272(20,770)
Income Categories (%)
Less than $15,000	20.9	18.3	25.6	.06
$15,000–$29,999	30.7	31.7	28.8
$30,000–$44,999	15.8	16.2	15.0
$45,000+	16.7	19.0	12.5
Missing Income Information	16.0	14.8	18.1
Low Social Support (%)	0.25	0.21	0.34	<.001
Dually Enrolled in Medicare & Medicaid (%)	5.6	4.5	7.5	.18
BMI (mean/std dev)	27.8(5.2)	27.9(5.4)	27.7(4.9)	.88
Obese (BMI>30) (%)	0.32	0.29	0.34	.27
Months to incident lymphedema after breast cancer surgery (%)
< 30	66.7	76.9	48.1	.02
≈ 30–36	16.4	12.1	24.4
≈ 36–48	16.9	11.0	27.5
State of Residence (%)
CA	27.3	27.9	26.3	.18
NY	16.0	15.5	16.9
IL	18.4	20.7	14.4
FL	38.2	35.9	42.5

Lymphedema Treatment (%)
No treatment	41.3	19.7	80.6
Complete Decongestive Therapy	8.7	13.5	0
Manual Lymphatic Drainage	5.3	8.3	0
Bandages	23.5	36.5	0
Compression only	12.4	19.3	0
Other (exercise, skin treatment)	8.7	2.8	19.4

Note: P-value based on two-sided t- (continuous variable) and F-test statistics (categorical variables).