Table 1. Demographic and disease related characteristics of the patients with breast cancer-related lymphedema.

	CB Group (n=14)				CB/SLD Group (n=10)				p
	n	% Mean±SD	Median	Min-Max	n	% Mean±SD	Median	Min-Max
Age (year)		61.64±11.69	5	0-13		55.20±7.15	8	0-11	0.131 0.382 0.080 1.000
BMI (kg/m2)		32.73±5.80				30.88±3.62
Education (year) Marital status
Married	9	64,3			7	70
Single	5	36,7			3	30
Arm dominance									0,163
Right	14	100			8	80
Left	0	0			2	20
Comorbidity									0,665
Yes	11	78,6			7	70
No	3	21,4			3	30
Pathological diagnosis									1,000
İnfiltrative ductal carcinoma	12	85,7			9	90
İnfiltrative lobular carcinoma	2	14,3			1	10
Cancer stage									*
Stage 1	3	21,4			2	20
Stage 2	4	28,6			4	40
Stage 3	7	50			4	40
Type of surgery									1,000
BCS+ALND	1	7,1			1	10
MRM+ALND	13	92,9			9	90
Lymph nodes removed from axilla			23	11-52			17,5	10-22	0,071
Metastatic lymph nodes			1,50	0-33			2,50	0-6	0,663
Chemotherapy									0,615
Yes	11	78,6			9	90
No	3	21,4			1	10
Radiotherapy									0,388
Yes	8	57,1			8	80
No	6	42,9			2	20
Hormone therapy									0,678
Yes	8	57,1			7	70
No	6	42,9			3	30
Affected arm									0,240
Dominant	6	42,9			7	70
Non-dominant	8	78,6			3	30
Location of swelling									*
FA	1	7,1			1	10
UA	6	42,9			2	20
Whole arm	1	7,1			1	10
Wrist+FA+UA	5	35,7			3	30
FA+UA	1	7,1			3	30
LE stage									1,000
Stage 1	3	21,4			2	20
Stage 2	11	78,6			8	80
LE severity									*
Mild	3	21,4			2	20
Moderate	10	71,4			6	60
Severe	1	7,1			2	20
Time from surgery (month)			21	3-83			21,5	3-252	0,780
Duration of LE (month)			2	1-12			1	1-36	0,791
Duration of treatment phase (week)			5	4-8			6	4-20	0,255
CB: Compression bandaging; SLD: Self-lymphatic drainage; SD: Standard deviation; Min: Minimum; Max: Maximum; BMI: Body mass index; BCS: Breast conserving surgery; ALND: Axiller lymph node dissection; MRM: Modified radical mastectomy; FA: Forearm; UA: Upper arm; LE: Lymphedema; * p-values for location of swelling , cancer stage and LE severity couldn’t be calculated since the counts are too small.