SCR-LIP-000013 · Claim · machine-readable JSON →

Because ~49% of women have varicose veins and ~11% have lipedema, a substantial proportion of women undergoing venous ultrasound for varicose veins also have coexisting lipedema, making the venous exam an opportunity for lipedema screening.

Emerging epidemiologic Evidence certainty: low (GRADE)

Evidence over time

DOI:10.1177/02683555211002340 — supporting · cross sectional · n=89 · 2021 · risk of bias: moderate
45.1% of lipedema patients had varicose veins

Populationwomen with varicose veins undergoing venous ultrasound

Conditionlipedema

Exposurevaricose veins/venous insufficiency

Comparatorgeneral female population

Outcomecoexistence of lipedema

Scopevascular clinic, screening opportunity

Coexistence frequencies partly from external literature; vascular-clinic selection bias.