Table 2.

Patient outcomes

Variable	Group A	Group B	Group C	All patients	P-value*
	No education or physiotherapy (n=415)	Education only (n=672)	Physiotherapy and education (n=130)
Median follow-up duration (years) (IQR)	2.93 (1.63–4.63)	2.79 (1.78–4.25)	3.15 (2.14–4.16)	2.88 (1.78–4.33)	0.183
Median time to lymphedema (years) (IQR)	0.55 (0.28–2.21)	0.44 (0.12–1.42)	1.29 (0.45–1.91)	0.54 (0.18–1.78)	0.085
Lymphedema, n (%)
No	338 (81.4%)	571 (85.0%)	120 (92.3%)	1,029 (84.6%)	0.010
Yes	77 (18.6%)	101 (15.0%)	10 (7.7%)	188 (15.4%)
Lymphedema severity, n (%)
Stage 1	42 (54.5%)	65 (64.4%)	9 (90.0%)	116 (61.7%)	0.069
Stages 2 and 3	35 (45.5%)	36 (35.6%)	1 (10.0%)	72 (38.3%)

Notes:

^*P-value is from the Kruskal–Wallis test for comparisons of medians, or from chi-squared test or Fisher’s exact test for comparisons of the categorical variables in Groups A–C.

Abbreviation: IQR, interquartile range.