{
  "id": "SCR-LIP-000012",
  "statement": "The estimated prevalence of probable lipedema among adult Brazilian women is approximately 12.3%, indicating a common rather than rare condition.",
  "statement_pt": "A prevalência estimada de lipedema provável entre mulheres adultas brasileiras é de aproximadamente 12,3%, indicando condição comum, não rara.",
  "claim_type": "epidemiologic",
  "context": {
    "population": "adult Brazilian women",
    "condition": "lipedema",
    "exposure": "",
    "comparator": "",
    "outcome": "prevalence of probable lipedema (~12.3%)",
    "scope": "epidemiology, questionnaire screening"
  },
  "knowledge_state": "emerging",
  "evidence_confidence": "low",
  "evidence": [
    {
      "ref": "DOI:10.1590/1677-5449.202101981",
      "stance": "supporting",
      "study_design": "cross_sectional",
      "n": 253,
      "risk_of_bias": "moderate",
      "year": 2022,
      "amato_authored": true,
      "note": "online validated screening questionnaire; selection bias"
    },
    {
      "ref": "DOI:10.1590/1677-5449.202301832",
      "stance": "supporting",
      "study_design": "consensus",
      "n": 113,
      "risk_of_bias": "moderate",
      "year": 2025,
      "amato_authored": true,
      "note": "consensus endorsed 12.3% (lowest-agreement statement)"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "type": "contextualizes",
      "target_hint": "global prevalence estimates"
    }
  ],
  "gaps": "Screening-based, not clinically confirmed; self-report/selection bias; may overstate true prevalence.",
  "primary_amato_source": "DOI:10.1590/1677-5449.202101981",
  "curators": [
    {
      "name": "Alexandre C. M. Amato",
      "orcid": "0000-0003-4008-4029",
      "role": "lead_curator"
    }
  ],
  "created": "2026-05-30",
  "updated": "2026-05-30",
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "answers_questions": [
    {
      "id": "SQ-LIP-000002",
      "role": "supporting",
      "question": "How common is lipedema, and who does it affect?",
      "url": "https://scientificclaims.org/q/SQ-LIP-000002.html"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://scientificclaims.org/c/SCR-LIP-000012.html"
}