Table 9.

Results of the multivariable analysis for pain on exertion in the follow-up including odds ratios with corresponding 95% confidence interval

Variable	p-value	Categories	Odds ratio	LCL	UCL	p-value (pair-wise)
Age [10-years-OR]	< 0.001		0.769	0.753	0.785
Gender	< 0.001	Female vs. male	1.596	1.514	1.683
Preoperative pain	< 0.001	Yes vs. no	1.616	1.521	1.718	< 0.001
		Unknown vs. no	1.322	1.191	1.468	< 0.001
		Yes vs. unknown	1.223	1.110	1.347	< 0.001
Postoperative complications	< 0.001	Yes vs. no	1.546	1.422	1.680
EHS classification	< 0.001	Medial vs. lateral	0.698	0.650	0.749	< 0.001
		Medial vs. combined	0.807	0.733	0.889	< 0.001
		Lateral vs. combined	1.156	1.034	1.293	0.011
Defect size	< 0.001	III (> 10 cm) vs. I (< 4 cm)	1.318	1.211	1.433	< 0.001
		II (4–10 cm) vs. I (< 4 cm)	1.204	1.125	1.288	< 0.001
		III (> 10 cm) vs. II (4–10 cm)	1.095	1.020	1.174	0.012
BMI [5-points-OR]	< 0.001		0.945	0.924	0.967
Drainage	< 0.001	Yes vs. no	1.173	1.094	1.258
Recurrent operation	< 0.001	Yes vs. no	1.150	1.079	1.226
Operation technique	0.001	Open—onlay vs. open—sublay	1.187	1.076	1.309	< 0.001
		Open—IPOM vs. open—onlay	0.837	0.748	0.937	0.002
		Open—direct suture vs. open—onlay	0.754	0.606	0.938	0.011
		Component separation vs. open—sublay	1.151	1.014	1.307	0.030
		Open—direct suture vs. Component separation	0.777	0.614	0.984	0.036
		Component separation vs. open—IPOM	1.159	1.009	1.331	0.037
		Open—direct suture vs. open—sublay	0.895	0.730	1.097	0.285
		Open—direct suture vs. open—IPOM	0.901	0.732	1.109	0.324
		Component separation vs. open—onlay	0.970	0.831	1.132	0.698
		Open—IPOM vs. open—sublay	0.994	0.923	1.069	0.862
Risk factors	0.008	Yes vs. no	1.078	1.019	1.140
ASA	0.020	II vs. I	1.131	1.034	1.236	0.007
		III/IV vs. I	1.148	1.035	1.273	0.009
		III/IV vs. II	1.015	0.954	1.080	0.638
Mesh	0.175	Yes vs. no	1.142	0.943	1.384