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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 9.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2013 Mar;92(3):223–231. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e31826edd97

Table 3.

Clinical characteristics of participants in study

Variable Total sample
(n=107)
Did not come to clinic
(n=90)
Came to clinic
(n=17)
p-value*
Type of cancer 0.992
  Bladder 44 (41%) 37 (84%) 7 (16%)
  Uterine 15 (14%) 13 (87%) 2 (13%)
  Ovarian 14 (13%) 12 (86%) 2 (14%)
  Cervical 12 (11%) 9 (75%) 3 (25%)
  Endometrial 12 (11%) 10 (83%) 2 (17%)
  Testicular 4 (4%) 3 (75%) 1 (25%)
  Colon 2 (2%) 2 (100%) 0 (0%)
  Kidney 1 (1%) 2 (100%) 0 (0%)
  Other sites 3 (3%) 3 (100%) 0 (0%)
Lymph nodes removed 0.85
  Yes 30 (29%) 24 (28%) 6 (35%)
  No 54 (53%) 45 (53%) 9 (53%)
  Not sure 18 (18%) 16 (19%) 2 (12%)
Radiation treatment 0.16
  Yes 38 (37%) 29 (35%) 9 (53%)
  No 63 (62%) 54 (64%) 8 (47%)
  Not sure 1 (1%) 1 (1%) 0 (0%)
Have you ever heard about lymphedema 0.25
  Yes 23 (23%) 16 (19%) 7 (41%)
  No 74 (73%) 64 (75%) 10 (59%)
  Not sure 5 (5%) 5 (6%) 0 (0%)
Ever been told you have lymphedema 0.02
  Yes 6 (6%) 2 (2%) 4 (24%)
  No 90 (90%) 78 (93%) 12 (71%)
  Not sure 5 (4%) 4 (5%) 1 (6%)
Received treatment for lymphedema 0.18
  Yes 7 (7%) 3 (4%) 4 (24%)
  No 89 (87%) 76 (89%) 13 (76%)
  Not sure 6 (5%) 6 (7%) 0 (0%)
Median [IQR] lymphedema symptoms 0 [0–4] 0 [0–3] 4 [3–9.5] 0.004

Results are No. (%) or median [IQR] where noted.

*

examining differences between those that came to clinic versus did-not using Fishers exact and rank-sum test. May not sum to 100% due to rounding error and non-item response.