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In a cross-sectional study of 354 women with lipedema, 35% met FMS criteria, and those with comorbid FMS had significantly higher anxiety (13.11 vs 9.87) and depression (10.23 vs 8.26) scores and lower SF-12 physical (35.37 vs 42.55) and mental (35.27 vs 40.38) quality-of-life scores (all p<0.001).
Created: 2026-05-31 · Last updated: 2026-05-31
Auto-compiled by the Layer 1 surveillance loop; not yet human-reviewed. anthropic/claude-opus-4.8 · 2026-05-31
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Evidence (1)
- Prevalence of Fibromyalgia Syndrome in Women with Lipedema and Its Effect on Anxiety, Depression, and Quality of Life — Cagliyan Turk et al. (2024) — supporting · cross sectional · 2024
Online self-administered survey of lipedema patients reports quality of life, anxiety, and depression measures (HADS, SF-12), directly addressing the question, though stratified primarily by FMS comorbidity rather than lipedema vs controls.
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- 2026-05-31 — created · auto-ingested for SQ-LIP-000020