SCR-LIP-000080 · Claim · machine-readable JSON →

In a Swiss referral centre cohort of 381 women with lipedema (mean age 41.9 years), 49.9% reported a family history, 62.2% reported symptom onset during adolescence, and 92.1% had comorbidities, with pain affecting 87.9% and significantly reduced quality of life in the majority.

Claim at a glance

Structured evidence, machine-compiled — not a verdict.

Auto-compiled by the Layer 1 surveillance loop; not yet human-reviewed. anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 · 2026-05-31

Evidence over time

Clinical characteristics, comorbidities, and correlation with advanced lipedema stages: A retrospective study from a Swiss referral centre — Luta et al. (2025) ✓ verified — contextual · cross sectional · 2025 · reading confidence: high
“idade média 41,9±12,5 anos; IMC médio 30,6±8,3 kg/m²”
This retrospective cross-sectional study from a single referral centre provides detailed epidemiological and clinical characteristics of lipedema patients (all female, referral bias), addressing who is affected and clinical burden, but does

Populationwomen with lipedema at Swiss referral centre (n=381)

Conditionlipedema

Exposureclinical and demographic characteristics assessment

Outcomefamily history, onset age, comorbidities, pain, QoL

Scopeauto-ingested from Layer 1 surveillance

Auto-ingested single source; not yet human-reviewed.