Table 2.
Comparison between Reduction Mammaplasty Procedures with and without Occurrence of Postoperative Complication, Mean (SD), n (%)
| Postoperative Complications (n = 60) |
No Postoperative Complications (n = 354) |
P Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (y) | 47.2 | (12.7) | 44.9 | (14.8) | 0.21 |
| Elixhauser Comorbidity Index | 7.9 | (9.1) | 3.2 | (6.8) | <0.001*** |
| Race | 0.014* | ||||
| White | 26 | (43.3%) | 186 | (52.5%) | |
| Black | 26 | (43.3%) | 85 | (24.0%) | |
| Hispanic | 6 | (10.0%) | 55 | (15.5%) | |
| Other | 2 | (3.3%) | 28 | (7.9%) | |
| Payer Status | 0.26 | ||||
| Medicare | 13 | (21.7%) | 65 | (18.4%) | |
| Medicaid | 15 | (25.0%) | 76 | (21.5%) | |
| Private insurance | 29 | (48.3%) | 163 | (46.0%) | |
| Other | 3 | (5.0%) | 50 | (14.1%) | |
| Rural-urban Density | 0.14 | ||||
| Metropolitan counties with >1,000,000 population | 44 | (73.3%) | 246 | (69.5%) | |
| Counties in metro areas of 50,000-999,999 population | 8 | (13.3%) | 80 | (22.6%) | |
| Nonmetropolitan or rural counties | 8 | (13.3%) | 28 | (7.9%) | |
| Zip Code Income Quartile | 0.83 | ||||
| First quartile | 18 | (30.0%) | 97 | (27.4%) | |
| Second quartile | 16 | (26.7%) | 81 | (22.9%) | |
| Third quartile | 12 | (20.0%) | 83 | (23.4%) | |
| Fourth quartile | 14 | (23.3%) | 93 | (26.3%) | |
| Hospital Bed Size | 0.65 | ||||
| Large | 35 | (58.3%) | 195 | (55.1%) | |
| Medium | 11 | (18.3%) | 84 | (23.7%) | |
| Small | 14 | (23.3%) | 75 | (21.2%) | |
| Hospital Control | 0.50 | ||||
| Nonfederal government | 7 | (11.7%) | 62 | (17.5%) | |
| Private, nonprofit | 45 | (75.0%) | 253 | (71.5%) | |
| Private, invest-owned | 8 | (13.3%) | 39 | (11.0%) | |
| Concurrent abdominal contouring | 9 | (15.0%) | 41 | (11.6%) | 0.59 |
*
P < 0.05.
**P < 0.01.
***
P < 0.001.