Table 1.
Univariate comparisons of demographic characteristics [n (%)].
| Variable | System establishment |
P | System validation |
P | System |
P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lymphedema (N1 = 102) | Non-lymphedema (N2 = 253) | Lymphedema (N3 = 54) | Non-lymphedema (N4 = 124) | Establishment (N5 = 355) | Validation (N6 = 178) | ||||
| Age, years | 0.728 | 0.169 | 0.374 | ||||||
| <45 | 11(10.8%) | 35(13.8%) | 7(13.0%) | 18(14.5%) | 46(13.0%) | 25(14.0%) | |||
| 45–65 | 65(63.7%) | 158(62.5%) | 26(48.1%) | 75(60.5%) | 223(62.8%) | 101(56.7%) | |||
| >65 | 26(25.5%) | 60(23.7%) | 21(38.9%) | 31(25.0%) | 86(24.2%) | 52(29.2%) | |||
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 0.442 | 0.404 | 0.698 | ||||||
| <28 | 82(80.4%) | 212(83.8%) | 42(77.8%) | 103(83.1%) | 294(82.8%) | 145(81.5%) | |||
| ≥28 | 20(19.6%) | 41(16.2%) | 12(22.2%) | 21(16.9%) | 61(17.2%) | 33(18.5%) | |||
| Average household monthly income, CNY | 0.934 | 0.717 | 0.276 | ||||||
| <2000 | 3(2.9%) | 9(3.6%) | 4(7.4%) | 6(4.8%) | 12(3.4%) | 10(5.6%) | |||
| 2000–5000 | 26(25.5%) | 67(26.5%) | 17(31.5%) | 36(29.0%) | 93(26.2%) | 53(29.8%) | |||
| >5000 | 73(71.6%) | 177(70.0%) | 33(61.1%) | 82(66.1%) | 250(70.4%) | 115(64.6%) | |||
| Education | 0.228 | 0.958 | 0.772 | ||||||
| Primary school | 7(6.9%) | 13(5.1%) | 4(7.4%) | 10(8.1%) | 20(5.6%) | 14(7.9%) | |||
| Middle school | 13(12.7%) | 59(23.3%) | 11(20.4%) | 27(21.8%) | 72(20.3%) | 38(21.3%) | |||
| Senior high school/secondary school | 32(31.4%) | 67(26.5%) | 18(33.3%) | 34(27.4%) | 99(27.9%) | 52(29.2%) | |||
| Junior college | 20(19.6%) | 40(15.8%) | 7(13.0%) | 18(14.5%) | 60(16.9%) | 25(14.0%) | |||
| College degree or above | 30(29.4%) | 74(29.2%) | 14(25.9%) | 35(28.2%) | 104(29.3%) | 49(27.5%) | |||
| Marital status | 0.010 | 0.466 | 0.356 | ||||||
| Married | 90(88.2%) | 242(95.7%) | 53(98.1%) | 117(94.4%) | 332(93.5%) | 170(95.5%) | |||
| Single/divorced/separated | 12(11.8%) | 11(4.3%) | 1(1.9%) | 7(5.6%) | 23(6.5%) | 8(4.5%) | |||
| Employment status | 0.142 | 0.924 | 0.739 | ||||||
| Unemployed | 71(69.6%) | 195(77.1%) | 40(74.1%) | 91(73.4%) | 266(74.9%) | 131(73.6%) | |||
| Employed | 31(30.4%) | 58(22.9%) | 14(25.9%) | 33(26.6%) | 89(25.1%) | 47(26.4%) | |||
| Methods of medical payment | 1.000 | 0.554 | 0.207 | ||||||
| Medical insurance | 98(96.1%) | 244(96.4%) | 54(100.0%) | 121(97.6%) | 342(96.3%) | 175(98.3%) | |||
| Self-supporting | 4(3.9%) | 9(3.6%) | 0(0.0%) | 3(2.4%) | 13(3.7%) | 3(1.7%) | |||