Endocrine Abstracts

Abstract: Obesity is one of the well-known initiating and aggravating factor of lymphedema. BMI is typically used to define obesity, but in Asian populations, health risks are elevated at lower BMI levels and abdominal fat may be a better obesity metric. Thus, we assessed the potential association between abdominal obesity and lymphedema severity in postoperative breast cancer patients. Thirty-three women with breast cancer-related lymphedema participated in this study. Arm ci...