{
  "id": "SCR-LIP-000079",
  "statement": "In a retrospective series of 106 lipedema patients who underwent liposuction, the cohort was exclusively female with a median BMI of 31.6 kg/m², and showed elevated prevalence of obesity, hypothyroidism, migraine, and depression compared to non-lipedema populations, while diabetes (5%) and dyslipidemia (7%) prevalence were unexpectedly low.",
  "statement_pt": "Em uma série retrospectiva de 106 pacientes com lipedema submetidas à lipoaspiração, a coorte era exclusivamente feminina com IMC mediano de 31,6 kg/m², e apresentou prevalência elevada de obesidade, hipotireoidismo, enxaqueca e depressão em comparação com populações sem lipedema, enquanto a prevalência de diabetes (5%) e dislipidemia (7%) foi inesperadamente baixa.",
  "claim_type": "clinical_association",
  "context": {
    "population": "—",
    "condition": "lipedema",
    "exposure": "—",
    "comparator": "—",
    "outcome": "—",
    "scope": "auto-ingested from Layer 1 surveillance"
  },
  "knowledge_state": "emerging",
  "evidence_confidence": "low",
  "evidence": [
    {
      "ref": "DOI:10.1111/dth.14534",
      "stance": "context",
      "study_design": "case_series",
      "n": null,
      "risk_of_bias": "unknown",
      "year": 2020,
      "amato_authored": false,
      "note": "The article provides demographic and comorbidity data from a specialized surgical clinic cohort, offering context about who is affected by lipedema (exclusively women, elevated BMI, specific comorbidities), but does not address population p",
      "title": "Disease progression and comorbidities in lipedema patients: A 10‐year retrospective analysis",
      "authors": "Ghods et al.",
      "journal": "Dermatologic Therapy"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "gaps": "Auto-ingested single source; not yet human-reviewed.",
  "primary_amato_source": null,
  "curators": [],
  "provenance": {
    "auto": true,
    "engine": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6",
    "question": "SQ-LIP-000002",
    "source": "europepmc",
    "ingested": "2026-05-31"
  },
  "created": "2026-05-31",
  "updated": "2026-05-31",
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "answers_questions": [
    {
      "id": "SQ-LIP-000002",
      "role": "context",
      "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-000079.html"
}