Table 1.

Clinical and social characteristics of participants (P) from the UK

	P 1	P 2	P 3	P 4	P 5	P 6	P 7	P 8	P 9	P 10	P 11	P 12
Gender	F	F	F	M	M	F	F	F	F	M	M	F
Age (years)	71	61	52	46	58	64	58	67	61	79	54	68
Site of lymphoedema	Left whole leg	Both legs	Right whole leg	Both legs	Both lower legs	Right arm	Right arm	Right arm	Both legs up to trunk	Both legs	Right leg	Right arm
Cause of lymphoedema	Polio as a child	Radical hysterectomy in 1998	Primary: First appeared 30 years ago	Extensive burns trauma at age 28	Sarcoidosis primary: Has had untreated lymphoedema for 20 years	Right radical mastectomy 6 years ago	Lumpectomy, chemotherapy and radiotherapy 6 years ago	Lumpectomy 10 years ago	Primary	Stroke 3 years ago, worsening venous swelling	Primary	Radical mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiotherapy in 2006
ISL stage	ISL 3	ISL 2	ISL 3	ISL 2	ISL3	ISL 3	ISL 2	ISL 3	ISL 3	ISL 3	ISL 2	ISL 2
Family support	Lives alone. Widowed 21 years ago	Lives with husband	Lives with children. Daughter has Down's syndrome	Lives alone	Lives with wife	Lives with husband	Lives with husband	Widow, lives alone	Lives with husband	Lives with wife who is immobile following accident	Lives with wife	Lives with husband
Work status	Retired	Never worked	Full‐time nurse	Unable to work		Retired	Part‐time music teacher	Retired	Full‐time teacher	Retired	Works full time	Retired

F, Female; M, male; ISL, International Society of Lymphology.