Table 3 RAND-36 scores for women with lipoedema (L) compared to a general Swedish female population (S)

30–39

L (15)

75.3 (13.4)

55.0 (41.4)

46.0 (22.3)

42.7 (20.7)

36.7 ¹(14.9)

62.5 (22.1)

82.2 (33.0)

62.7 (16.8)

S (291)

90.6 (18.2)^a

79.9 (34.7)^b

78.9 (23.6)

70.3 (21.4)

53.8 (21.1)^a

81.0 (22.9)

70.5 (38.9)^c

72.5 (18.1)^a

p value

<.001

.037

<.001

<.001

<.001

.006

.203

.044

40–49

L (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)

S (232)

90.3 (14.3)

77.7 (31.3)

77.1 (20.7)

70.5 (17.8)^a

57.3 (17.1)

82.0 (19.0)

77.2 (30.9)^a

74.5 (13.7)

p value

<.001

<.001

<.001

<.001

<.001

<.001

<.001

.005

50–59

L (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)

S (233)

80.9 (21.9)

73.3 (35.2)^c

69.9 (35.2)^a

65.6 (21.8)^a

58.2 (22.4)^a

79.7 (24.0)^a

75.1 (33.9)^c

75.2 (17.7)^a

p value

<.001

<.001

<.001

<.001

<.001

<.001

.001

<.001

60–69

L (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)

S (305)

79.7 (23.6)^a

75.2 (39.6)^b

70.7 (27.2)^b

67.7 (22.8)^c

65.5 (23.8)^b

84.7 (23.8)

81.1 (35.9)^c

78.3 (20.9)^b

p value

<.001

<.001

<.001

<.001

<.001

<.001

.014

<.001

70–79

L (25)

39.6 (28.0)

22.9 (32.9)^a

43.7 (24.8)

45.4 (26.9)^a

47.9 (21.1)^a

52.5 (29.3)

38.9 (46.8)^a

64.3 (21.6)^a

S (313)

69.9 (32.7)^a

65.7 (50.5)^f

67.6 (33.6)^a

64.1 (26.3)^d

65.4 (27.3)^a

82.7 (29.1)

76.3 (45.3)^e

76.7 (23.7)^c

p value

<.001

<.001

<.001

.003

<.001

<.001

<.001

.010