Figure 2
Lymphedema and health-related quality of life measures. Adjusted means are presented for the SF-36 physical and mental component summary scores and perceived stress scale. Medians are presented for the other health-related quality of life measures. The vertical lines represent the 95% confidence intervals for the means and the interquartile ranges for the medians. A higher score indicates better health-related quality of life in Medical outcomes study 36-item short form health survey scales and Wesley Clinical Lymphedema Scale and worse health-related quality of life in perceived sterss, fear of recurrence, and sexual health scales. P values are based on F statistics from the analysis of covariance in 499 women (for the analysis of sexual health, only 288 women who reported being sexually active during the 6 months prior to 40-month assessment were included). Asterisk(s) indicate a statistically significant difference observed in Scheffé's pair-wise multiple comparison test (*0.01 ≤ P value < 0.05, **P value < 0.01). LE lymphedema.
