Table 3.

Lymphedema Stage at Diagnosis by Patient Group

Outcome	No. of Women (%)		P a
	Early Surveillance Group, n = 188	Traditional Referral Group, n = 285
Stage of lymphedema
No lymphedema	142 (76)	173 (61)	<.001
Stage 0	19 (10)	3 (1)
Stage I	19 (10)	43 (15)
Stage II	8 (4)	53 (19)
Stage III	0 (0)	13 (5)

^a P values were determined with a nonparametric Wilcoxon rank‐sum test.