{
  "id": "SCR-LIP-000142",
  "statement": "Lipedema is a chronic disorder presenting almost exclusively in women, typically beginning during periods of hormonal change such as puberty, childbirth, or menopause, with an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern showing female preference and reported prevalence in lymphology clinics of 6.5–18.8%.",
  "statement_pt": "O lipedema é uma desordem crônica que se apresenta quase exclusivamente em mulheres, tipicamente iniciando em períodos de mudança hormonal como puberdade, parto ou menopausa, com padrão de herança autossômico dominante com preferência pelo sexo feminino e prevalência relatada em clínicas linfológicas de 6,5–18,8%.",
  "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:10.1515/hmbci-2017-0076",
      "stance": "supporting",
      "study_design": "review",
      "n": null,
      "risk_of_bias": "unknown",
      "grade": "low",
      "year": 2018,
      "amato_authored": false,
      "note": "The article (review plus chart review of 46 women) explicitly addresses who lipedema affects (women, onset at hormonal life stages, autosomal dominant inheritance with female preference) and cites prevalence figures from clinical settings (",
      "title": "Lipedema: friend and foe",
      "authors": "Torre et al.",
      "journal": "Hormone Molecular Biology and Clinical Investigation"
    }
  ],
  "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": "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-000142.html"
}