Table 1.

Demographics of Women With and Without Lipedema

Demographics	Controls	Lipedema stages			All lipedema participants
		1	2	3
Number (n)	30	19	40	21	80
Age (years)	38 ± 13	40 ± 9	49 ± 11***,^	51 ± 10**,^	47 ± 11
BMI (kg/m2)	28.3 ± 7	26.3 ± 3	33.4 ± 8*,^^	44 ± 8***,^^^,+	35 ± 9
White	24	19	35	19	63
Non-Hispanic	22	16	36	20	60

Versus controls: ^*p = 0.01, ^**p = 0.0005, ^***p < 0.0001.

Versus L1: ^{^}p = 0.01, ^{^^}p = 0.002, ^{^^^}p < 0.0001.

Versus L2: ⁺p < 0.0001.

BMI, body mass index; L1, lipedema Stage 1; L2, lipedema Stage 2.