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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Support Care Cancer. 2018 Jul 6;27(2):495–503. doi: 10.1007/s00520-018-4334-7

Table 1.

Rates of lymphedema at study timepoints

Baseline (rate) 1–2 weeks (rate) 6- month Cum Inc 12month Cum Inc 18-month Cum Inc 24-month Cum Inc 36-month Cum Inc
≥10% limb volume increase --- 73/365 (20.0%) 4.6% (3.0% – 7.3%) 370 30.7% (26.4% – 35.8%) 241 45.0% (40.1% – 50.5%) 175 53.9% (48.8% – 59.5%) 126 60.3% (55.0% – 66.2%) 63
≥2-cm circumference increase --- 125/383 (32.6%) 7.7% (5.5% – 10.8%) 372 45.1% (40.4% – 50.3%) 205 58.3% (53.5% – 63.5%) 141 69.8% (65.2% – 74.8%) 90 75.4% (70.8% – 80.2%) 52
Arm heaviness symptom 27/409 (6.6%) 105/427 (24.6%) 1.6% (0.7% – 3.4%) 380 12.0% (9.1% – 15.8%) 316 20.4% (16.6% – 25.0%) 261 22.6% (18.7% – 27.5%) 224 26.0% (21.7% – 31.1%) 130
Arm swelling symptom 13/411 (3.2%) 100/426 (23.5%) 2.1% (1.0% – 4.1%) 379 13.6% (10.5% – 17.6%) 309 23.2% (19.2% – 28.0%) 249 27.8% (23.4% – 32.9%) 203 30.9% (26.3% – 36.3%) 124

Cum Inc: cumulative incidence