Risk factors and a prediction model for lower limb lymphedema following lymphadenectomy in gynecologic cancer: a hospital-based retrospective cohort study

Table 4 Cox hazard analysis of LLL risk factors

	Coefficient	Hazard ratio	95% CI	P-value
Age [≥56 years]	0.302	1.353	0.892–2.052	0.154
BMI [≥25 kg/m²]	0.480	1.616	1.030–2.535	0.037
PLA + PALA	0.843	2.323	1.126–4.794	0.023
No. of LN [≥42]	−0.022	0.978	0.631–1.515	0.920
LN metastasis	−0.481	0.618	0.305–1.251	0.181
Radiation therapy	0.903	2.469	1.148–5.310	0.021
Herbal medicine	0.613	1.846	0.779–4.376	0.164
Inf [skin (cellulitis)]	0.848	2.334	0.984–5.535	0.054
Inf [lymphocyst]	0.176	1.192	0.496–2.867	0.695
lymphocyst formation	0.541	1.718	1.120–2.635	0.013

Definition of abbreviations: BMI Body mass index, CI Confidence interval, Inf infection, PLA Pelvic lymphadenectomy, LLL Lower limb lymphedema, LN Lymph node, No. Number, PALA Para-aortic lymphadenectomy

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