Table 3.
Differences in lymphatic pain, arm swelling and truncal swelling between women with obesity and non-obesity (N = 554).
| All Sample N = 554 |
Obesity BMI ≥30 kg/m2 n = 135 |
Non-Obesity BMI < 30 kg/m2 n = 419 |
Test Statistics | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome Variables | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | Pearson χ2 | df 1 | p ( χ2 ) |
| Lymphatic Pain | 29.21 | 1 | <0.001 | |||
| Yes | 182 (32.85) | 70 (51.85) | 112 (26.73) | |||
| No | 372 (67.15) | 65 (48.15) | 307 (73.27) | |||
| Arm Swelling | 23.92 | 1 | <0.001 | |||
| Yes | 217 (39.17) | 77 (57.04) | 140 (33.41) | |||
| No | 337 (60.83) | 58 (42.96) | 279 (66.59) | |||
| Truncal Swelling | 14.08 | 1 | <0.001 | |||
| Yes | 145 (26.17) | 52 (38.52) | 93 (22.20) | |||
| No | 409 (73.83) | 83 (61.48) | 326 (77.80) | |||
1 df: degree of freedom.