Table 1.

Demographics of participants

	Group A	Group B	p-value
Age (yr)	51.36±9.15	49.84±8.57	0.54
Weight (kg)	77.24±11.27	77.88±12.65	0.85
Height (cm)	160.2±6.15	161.4±4.95	0.45
BMI (kg/m²)	29.97±3.36	29.78±4.00	0.85
Number of lymph node resection	11.88±3.98	11.80±4.07	0.94
Time since surgery (yr)	2.64±1.37	2.88±1.76	0.59
Number of radiation therapy	20.12±4.32	21.92±4.42	0.15
Number of chemotherapy	6.76±2.43	6.24±2.58	0.46
Lymphedema stage			0.77
Stage I	11 (44)	10 (40)
Stage II	14 (56)	15 (60)
Type of surgery			0.39
Modified radical mastectomy	12 (48)	9 (36)
Partial mastectomy & lymph node resection	13 (52)	16 (64)

Values are presented as mean±standard deviation or number (%).

BMI, body mass index.