Race or Resource? BMI, Race, and Other Social Factors as Risk Factors for Interlimb Differences among Overweight Breast Cancer Survivors with Lymphedema
Table 1
Descriptive statistics.
()
Mean/
SD/%
Interlimb volume difference (%)
6.86
14.12
Race
Black
102
34.5%
White
194
65.5%
Body mass index (kg/m2)
33.91
5.94
Age at study entry (yrs)
60
9
Education
High school or less
54
18.2%
Some college
102
34.5%
College grad or more
140
47.3%
Retirement status
Not retired
202
68.2%
Retired
108
32.4%
Hours per week of outside paid work
25.88
18.4
Number of people living in home
3
1
Dependent children at home
117
39.5%
Cancer stage at diagnosis
0
23
7.8%
I
90
30.4%
II
90
30.4%
III
81
27.4%
IV
12
4.0%
Years since cancer treatment
8.08
5.1
Lymph nodes removed
Sentinel (<5 nodes)
82
27.7%
Axillary (≥5 nodes)
214
72.3%
Adjuvant radiation therapy
244
82.4%
Adjuvant chemotherapy
246
83.1%
Adjuvant hormone therapy
170
57.4%
Breast reconstruction
118
39.9%
>25% lymphedema care adherence
137
46.3%
Interlimb volume difference represents the volume difference in the arm affected with BCRL and the arm that does not have BCRL; larger values indicate greater BCRL severity. Lymphedema care adherence was based on the past 3 months and calculated as “no” if the respondent was not being prescribed any treatment or used prescribed treatment less than 25% of the time and “yes” if the respondent used prescribed treatment at least 25% of the time in the past 3 months.
