Health Implications of Lipedema: Analysis of Patient Questionnaires and Population-Based Matched Controls

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-556078
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.55607

Kempa, Sally

; Gross, Mascha ; Oliinyk, Dmytro ; Siegmund, Andreas ; Müller, Martina ; Prantl, Lukas

; Tews, Hauke C.

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Abstract

We conducted a comparative study involving 39 female patients with lipedema and group-matched controls at a ratio of 1:5. The primary survey tool was the German Health Update (GEDA 2019/2020-EHIS) questionnaire, which was developed by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Germany. The secondary survey tool was the German Pain Questionnaire. The prevalence of hypertension (p = 0.041) and high blood ...