Table 2 Health-related quality of life (RAND-36) among women with lipoedema grouped into sociodemographic and lipoedema characteristics

Whole sample (n = 245)

55.1 (27.6)

38.2 (40.5)^a

43.9 (24.0)

43.7 (23,1)^a

40.5 (22.6)^a

56.5 (27.6)

58.3 (42.4)^b

64.9 (19.7)^a

41.7 (24.5)^a

 18–39 (n = 16)

75.3 (12.9)

56.3 (40.3)

46.7 (21.8)

44.4 (21.1)

38.4 (16.0)

63.3 (21.6)

81.3 (32.1)

63.0 (16.3)

50.0 (18.3)

 40–49 (n = 57)

66.0 (25.8)

45.6 (44.1)

52.5 (26.4)

45.3 (27.4)

44.4 (22.3)

59.4 (29.4)

53.8 (44.0)

65.5 (22.2)

47.4 (27.8)

 50–59 (n = 97)

54.1 (28.2)

38.7 (41.0)

40.6 (24.2)

42.3 (21.3)

37.2 (23.8)

54.0 (28.7)

59.4 (41.1)^a

64.2 (19.7)

38.5 (24.6)^a

 60–69 (n = 45)

47.1 (23.0)

32.2 (35.6)

38.2 (18.0)

42.3 (20.8)

38.0 (22.4)

58.3 (25.0)

64.4 (41.7)

65.3 (16.9)

38.9 (19.6)

 70+ (n = 30)

38.7 (27.7)

21.6 (32.5)^a

44.9 (24.3)

47.1 (25.2)^a

48.8 (20.0)^a

52.9 (27.4)

41.4 (44.3)^a

66.8 (21.5)^a

40.8 (25.8)

p value

<.001

.032

.046

.933

.140

.491

.031

.861

.062

 Mandatory/High school (n = 64)

46.3 (26.9)

30.5 (40.5)

39.5 (21.5)

40.9 (22.2)

37.2 (22.2)

49.0 (28.1)

49.2 (43.5)^a

58.4 (21.2)

39.1 (22.7)

 Upper secondary/University (n = 181)

58.2 (27.3)

41.0 (40.2)^a

45.4 (24.7)

44.7 (23.4)^a

41.6 (22.6)^a

59.2 (27.1)

61.5 (41.7)^a

67.2 (18.7)^a

42.6 (25.2)^a

p value

.003

.051

.112

.309

.211

.012

.047

.002

.329

 Age 17 years or younger (n = 118)

58.8 (26.9)

41.1 (42.2)

46.3 (23.8)

45.8 (23.5)

43.6 (22.4)

62.0 (27.6)

66.9 (40.5)

68.3 (19.0)

47.0 (23.7)^a

 Age 18 years or older (n = 125)

52.2 (27.8)

36.1 (38.8)^a

42.0 (24.0)

42.0 (22.8)^a

37.7 (22.5)^a

52.1 (26.5)

50.9 (42.5)^b

62.3 (19.5)^a

37.2 (24.3)

p value

.064

.577

.248

.239

.078

.004

.004

.017

.002

 Puberty (n = 108)

59.6 (28.8)

40.5 (43.2)

45.8 (25.8)

46.4 (23.9)

43.2 (23.4)

60.4 (28.0)

63.9 (41.8)

68.5 (19.6)

47.2 (24.6)^a

 Pregnancy (n = 46)

53.9 (26.3)

37.0 (39.0)

41.7 (20.4)

44.1 (23.7)

34.8 (22.1)

50.5 (27.2)

57.2 (41.4)

60.1 (19.4)

38.0 (28.7)

 Menopause (n = 38)

44.7 (21.7)

27.7 (32.7)^a

36.1 (19.4)

38.0 (19.6)^a

35.0 (22.2)^a

50.3 (22.4)

48.6 (39.0)^a

62.2 (17.3)^a

34.9 (19.7)

 Other timepoint (n = 52)

54.1 (28.8)

41.3 (40.8)

47.6 (25.3)

42.1 (23.3)

43.8 (20.5)

58.4 (29.9)

53.6 (46.2)^a

63.9 (21.1)

38.5 (21.8)

p value

.023

.436

.140

.328

.100

.066

.219

.060

.026

 Yes (n = 186)

54.9 (28.2)

37.5 (41.3)

42.8 (24.7)

43.4 (24.0)

41.3 (23.2)

56.3 (28.7)

58.9 (42.6)^b

64.9 (19.6)

43.2 (25.3)^a

 No/Do not know (n = 58)

56.3 (25.8)

41.2 (37.9)^a

47.4 (21.5)

44.2 (20.1)^a

37.5 (20.2)^a

57.1 (24.1)

55.7 (42.1)

64.8 (20.3)^a

36.2 (21.0)

p value

.786

.380

.113

,740

.235

.997

.680

.974

.075

 12–39 (n = 33)

62.3 (24.1)

43.9 (43.8)

47.9 (26.7)

41.1 (24.4)

43.2 (20.3)

64.4 (25.8)

73.7 (38.0)

66.9 (20.7)

48.5 (26.5)

 40–49 (n = 52)

63.6 (30.8)

50.4 (45.5)

48.3 (27.3)

47.3 (26.4)

43.9 (23.4)

56.0 (31.1)

56.9 (43.9)^a

64.7 (21.7)

44.7 (24.9)

 50–59 (n = 65)

52.4 (26.1)

29.6 (36.7)

37.7 (23.4)

40.5 (22.3)

35.0 (24.8)

52.1 (28.2)

56.4 (42.0)

63.6 (16.7)

41.4 (26.8)^a

 60 + (n = 36)

40.0 (25.5)

27.1 (35.5)

39.2 (19.2)

45.3 (23.3)

47.2 (20.5)

56.6 (28.1)

52.4 (44.5)^a

65.9 (21.0)

39.6 (21.9)

p value

<.001

.041

.076

.377

.076

.190

.162

.525

.260

 Stage 1 (n = 23)

60.9 (30.2)

48.9 (46.1)

49.6 (25.2)

48.7 (23.7)

41.1 (27.1)

64.1 (26.7)

65.2 (40.8)

64.3 (21.5)

43.5 (21.6)

 Stage 2 (n = 81)

68.9 (22.8)

49.1 (40.2)

50.0 (21.2)

48.3 (23.5)

42.6 (22.5)

60.0 (26.2)

55.4 (40.4)^a

63.8 (17.4)

46.9 (22.8)

 Stage 3 (n = 133)

45.9 (26.2)

30.7 (38.4)^a

38.6 (24.6)

39.8 (22.7)^a

39.4 (22.4)^a

53.2 (28.4)

58.8 (43.9)^a

65.3 (20.8)^a

38.3 (25.9)^a

p value

<.001

.003

<.001

.016

.490

.082

.521

.558

.030