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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Jun 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Surg Oncol. 2024 Apr 7;129(7):1192–1201. doi: 10.1002/jso.27639

Table 1.

Patient Demographics and Clinical Details for all patients, patients with Sexual Well-being Scores, and patients without Sexual Well-being Scores.

Patient Demographics All Patients (n=2,941) Available (n=1,566) Missing (n=1,375) p-value
Age at Surgery 1 49 (42, 56) 49 (42, 55) 49 (42,57) 0.3
Race
 White
 Asian
 Black
 Other

2,116 (72%)
287 (9.8%)
293 (10%)
245 (8.3%)

1,162 (74%)
135 (8.6%)
142 (9.1%)
127 (8.1%)

954 (69%)
152 (11%)
151 (11%)
118 (9.6%)
0.021
Ethnicity
 Not Hispanic
 Hispanic
 Unknown

2,451 (83%)
299 (10%)
191 (6.5%)

1,326 (85%)
140 (8.9%)
100 (6.4%)

1,125 (82%)
159 (12%)
91 (6.6%)
0.057
Marital Status
 Married
 Separated
 Single

2,046 (70%)
292 (9.95%)
603 (21%)

1,124 (72%)
128 (8.2%)
314 (20%)

922 (67%)
164 (12%)
289 (21%)
0.001
Language
 English
 Non-English

2,840 (97%)
101 (3.4%)

1,533 (98%)
33 (2.1%)

1,307 (95%)
68 (4.9%)
<0.001
Income 1 $103,548 ($77,044, $131,412) $106,631 ($79,524, $131,412) $101,405 ($73,856, $131,013) 0.024
Insurance
 Commercial
 Medicaid
 Medicare
 Self-Pay

2,345 (80%)
184 (6.3%)
385 (13%)
27 (0.9%)

1,290 (82%)
75 (4.8%)
190 (12%)
11 (0.7%)

1,055 (77%)
109 (7.9%)
195 (14%)
16 (1.2%)
<0.001
Body Mass Index (BMI) 1 24.2 (21.5, 27.8) 24.3 (21.6, 28.1) 24.2 (21.3 27.7) 0.3
Smoking Status
 Never Smoker
 Current Smoker
 Former Smoker

2,233 (76%)
75 (2.6%)
633 (22%)

1,186 (76%)
33 (2.1%)
347 (22%)

1,047 (76%)
42 (3.1%)
286 (21%)
0.2
Menopause Status
 Premenopausal
 Postmenopausal
 Unknown

322 (11%)
1,191 (40%)
1,428 (49%)

136 (8.7%)
615 (39%)
815 (52%)

186 (14%)
576 (42%)
613 (45%)
<0.001
Comorbidities
 Diabetes
 Cardiovascular Disease
 Hypertension
 Psychiatric Diagnoses
 Lymphedema

164 (5.6%)
704 (24%)
665 (23%)
1,651 (56%)
246 (8.4%)

81 (5.2%)
390 (25%)
332 (21%)
890 (57%)
141 (9.0%)

83 (6.0%)
314 (23%)
333 (24%)
761 (55%)
105 (7.6%)

0.3
0.2
0.051
0.4
0.2
Clinical Characteristics
Lymph Node
 Axillary lymph node dissection
 Sentinel lymph node biopsy

581 (20%)
2,263 (77%)

297 (19%)
1,219 (78%)

284 (21%)
1,044 (76%)

0.3
0.2
Chemotherapy
 None
 Neoadjuvant
 Adjuvant

654 (22%)
1,185 (40%)
1,102 (37%)

363 (23%)
614 (39%)
589 (38%)

291 (21%)
571 (42%)
513 (37%)
0.3
Radiation
 None
 Neoadjuvant
 Adjuvant

2,135 (73%)
310 (11%)
496 (17%)

1,153 (74%)
181 (12%)
232 (15%)

982 (71%)
129 (9.4%)
264 (19%)
0.003
Aromatase inhibitor 1,045 (63%) 532 (34%) 513 (37%) 0.059
Mastectomy Type
 Skin sparing
 Nipple sparing

2,586 (88%)
355 (12%)

1,379 (88%)
187 (12%)

1,207 (88%)
168 (12%)
0.8
Timing of Reconstruction
 Immediate
 Delayed

2,406 (82%)
535 (18%)

1,256 (80%)
310 (20%)

1,150 (84%)
225 (16%)
0.016
Laterality
 Bilateral
 Unilateral

1,724 (59%)
1,217 (41%)

964 (62%)
602 (38%)

760 (55%)
615 (45%)
<0.001
Reconstruction Method
 Implant
 Autologous

2,023 (69%)
918 (31%)

974 (62%)
592 (38%)

1,049 (76%)
326 (24%)
<0.001
Complications
Readmission within 90 days 250 (8.5%) 133 (8.5%) 117 (8.5%) >0.9
Reoperation within 90 days 522 (18%) 289 (18%) 233 (17%) 0.3
1

Median (Interquartile Range)