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* Lipoma tend to affect middle age individuals, especially those of 40 to 60 years of age.<ref name="Salam">{{cite journal |author=Salam GA |title=Lipoma excision |journal=Am Fam Physician |volume=65 |issue=5 |pages=901–4 |date=March 2002 |pmid=11898962 |url=http://www.aafp.org/afp/20020301/901.html}}</ref> | * Lipoma tend to affect middle age individuals, especially those of 40 to 60 years of age.<ref name="Salam">{{cite journal |author=Salam GA |title=Lipoma excision |journal=Am Fam Physician |volume=65 |issue=5 |pages=901–4 |date=March 2002 |pmid=11898962 |url=http://www.aafp.org/afp/20020301/901.html}}</ref> | ||
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* Lipoma affects men at a greater extent than women.<ref name="pmid6670522">{{cite journal |vauthors=Rydholm A, Berg NO |title=Size, site and clinical incidence of lipoma. Factors in the differential diagnosis of lipoma and sarcoma |journal=Acta Orthop Scand |volume=54 |issue=6 |pages=929–34 |date=December 1983 |pmid=6670522 |doi=10.3109/17453678308992936 |url=}}</ref> | * Lipoma affects men at a greater extent than women.<ref name="pmid6670522">{{cite journal |vauthors=Rydholm A, Berg NO |title=Size, site and clinical incidence of lipoma. Factors in the differential diagnosis of lipoma and sarcoma |journal=Acta Orthop Scand |volume=54 |issue=6 |pages=929–34 |date=December 1983 |pmid=6670522 |doi=10.3109/17453678308992936 |url=}}</ref> | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sahar Memar Montazerin, M.D.[2]
Overview
Lipoma incidenc is 100 per 100,000 individuals worldwide annually. Lipoma tend to affect middle age individuals, especially those of 40 to 60 years of age. It affects men at a greater extent than women.
Epidemiology and Demographics
Incidence
- Lipoma incidenc is 100 per 100,000 individuals worldwide annually.[1]
Prevalence
- There is no available data on the prevalence of lipoma.
Age
- Lipoma tend to affect middle age individuals, especially those of 40 to 60 years of age.[2]
Gender
- Lipoma affects men at a greater extent than women.[1]
Race
- Lipoma develops in all races equally.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rydholm A, Berg NO (December 1983). "Size, site and clinical incidence of lipoma. Factors in the differential diagnosis of lipoma and sarcoma". Acta Orthop Scand. 54 (6): 929–34. doi:10.3109/17453678308992936. PMID 6670522.
- ↑ Salam GA (March 2002). "Lipoma excision". Am Fam Physician. 65 (5): 901–4. PMID 11898962.