Table 4. Health-related factors associated with lipedema in volunteers with scores over the cutoff compared with all volunteers.
| Volunteers with diagnostic criterion for lipedema | Volunteers without diagnostic criterion for lipedema | All volunteers | Correlation with lipedema diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 38.419 years (± 11.05) | 38.072 years (± 12.6) | 38.115 years (± 12.4) | Kolmorov-Smirnov |
| distribution equivalent, p = 0.696 | ||||
| OR 0.951, SE 0.005 | ||||
| BMI | 27.000 kg/cm2 (31) | 26.920 kg/cm2 (222) | 26.937 kg/cm2 (253) | Kolmorov-Smirnov |
| distribution equivalent, p = 0.193 | ||||
| OR 0.93, SE 0.007 | ||||
| Underweight | - | 1.3% (3) | 1.2% (3) | Independent (z score, p = 0.515) |
| OR 1, SE 0 | ||||
| Normal weight | 32.3% (10) | 43.2% (96) | 41.9% (106) | Independent (z score, p = 0.246) |
| OR 0.104, SE 0.035 | ||||
| Overweight | 41.9% (13) | 32.4% (72) | 33.6% (85) | Independent (z score, p = 0.294) |
| 0.181, SE 0.054 | ||||
| Obesity I | 22.6% (7) | 13.5% (30) | 14.6% (37) | Independent (z score, p = 0.181) |
| OR 0.233, SE 0.098 | ||||
| Obesity II | 3.2% (1) | 5.4% (12) | 5.1% (13) | Independent (z score, p = 0.607) |
| OR 0.083, SE 0.087 | ||||
| Obesity III | - | 4.1% (9) | 3.6% (9) | Independent (z score, p = 0.2540 |
| OR 0, SE 1,525E-9 |
BMI: body mass index; OR: odds ratios; SE: standard error.