{
  "id": "SCR-LIP-000140",
  "statement": "This case report cites epidemiological data estimating lipedema prevalence at approximately 11% of the female population, predominantly affecting women, and reports a UK study finding 93% of patients with lipedema signs/symptoms were unrecognized by their physicians; it also describes lipedema persisting in a woman with low BMI (15 kg/m²), demonstrating it is not exclusive to overweight/obese women.",
  "statement_pt": "Este relato de caso cita dados epidemiológicos que estimam a prevalência de lipedema em aproximadamente 11% da população feminina, predominante em mulheres, e relata um estudo do Reino Unido apontando que 93% dos pacientes com sinais/sintomas de lipedema não foram reconhecidos por seus médicos; também descreve lipedema persistindo em mulher com IMC baixo (15 kg/m²), demonstrando que a doença não é exclusiva de mulheres com sobrepeso/obesidade.",
  "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:10.12659/ajcr.930840",
      "stance": "context",
      "study_design": "case_report",
      "n": null,
      "risk_of_bias": "unknown",
      "grade": "low",
      "year": 2021,
      "amato_authored": false,
      "note": "The article is a single case report but explicitly cites prevalence (~11% of women), sex predominance (women), and recognition rates relevant to how common lipedema is and whom it affects; epidemiological figures are cited from other source",
      "title": "A Young Woman with Excessive Fat in Lower Extremities Develops Disordered Eating and Is Subsequently Diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa, Lipedema, and Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome",
      "authors": "Wright & Herbst",
      "journal": "American Journal of Case Reports"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "gaps": "Auto-ingested single source; not yet human-reviewed.",
  "primary_amato_source": null,
  "curators": [],
  "provenance": {
    "auto": true,
    "engine": "anthropic/claude-opus-4.8",
    "question": "SQ-LIP-000002",
    "source": "library",
    "ingested": "2026-05-31"
  },
  "created": "2026-05-31",
  "updated": "2026-05-31",
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "history": [
    {
      "date": "2026-05-31",
      "event": "created"
    }
  ],
  "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-000140.html"
}