Table 1.

Distribution of self-reported lymphedema assessments among study participants diagnosed with breast cancer in Iowa, 2004.

	Participants	%
	N=522
Physician-diagnosed lymphedema
Unresolved	44	8.4
Resolved	28	5.4
Not diagnosed	450	86.2
Arm measurement
>2cm difference between arms	49	9.4
≤ 2 cm difference between arms	351	67.2
Missing	122	23.4
Arm symptoms*
Subjective indication of arm lymphedema	45	8.6
No subjective indication of arm lymphedema	477	91.4
Arm lymphedema based on any of the above
Arm lymphedema	102	19.5
No arm lymphedema	420	80.5

^*Subjective indication is present if subject has at least 2 major symptoms (shirt sleeve felt tight, arm felt swollen, heavy, tense or hard) and at least 4 total symptoms (major arm symptoms plus arm felt numb, stiff, or painful, rash on arm, other arm symptoms, cannot see knuckles or veins on hand, or rings felt tight)