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This retrospective study included 229 women aged 30\u201365 years: 78 with lipedema, 76 with obesity without lipedema, and 75 normal-weight controls. Demographic and laboratory data were obtained from medical records. Inflammatory indices, including the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, systemic immune-inflammation index, C-reactive protein-to-albumin ratio, and C-reactive protein\u2013albumin\u2013lymphocyte index, were calculated. Group comparisons were performed using one-way analysis of variance with appropriate post hoc tests. Age was similar across groups, whereas body mass index was significantly higher in the lipedema and obesity groups than in controls (p&lt;0.001). The erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C-reactive protein level, and CAR were significantly higher in both the lipedema and obesity groups compared with controls, whereas no significant differences were observed between lipedema and obesity groups. The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, systemic immune-inflammation index, and C-reactive protein\u2013albumin\u2013lymphocyte index did not differ significantly among groups. Inflammatory indices were generally comparable across lipedema grades. These findings suggest that lipedema is associated with low-grade systemic inflammation; however, its inflammatory profile largely overlaps with obesity, indicating shared inflammatory mechanisms rather than a distinct systemic inflammatory phenotype. 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