Effect of BMI on lymphoedema incidence
lymphoedema
LYMPHOEDEMA
Body Mass Index (BMI) assessed as a continuous value at randomisation predicted lymphoedema at any time point HR 1.04 (CI 1.01–1.08; No difference was found in the two treatment groups (HR = 0.69 [0.39, 1.23], During the PLACE trial, the average change in BMI was a gain of 0.14 kg/mBMI did not reduce from presurgery to randomisation despite advice on diet and exercise routinely provided to the patients in the study (Table 