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Published in final edited form as: J Surg Oncol. 2024 Apr 7;129(7):1192–1201. doi: 10.1002/jso.27639

Table 3.

Multiple linear regression model for Sexual Well-being at 1-year where Multiple Imputation is used to Impute Missing Preoperative Scores (n=1,566)

Patient Demographics Beta 95% CI1 p-value
Preoperative Sexual Well-being 0.39 0.32, 0.46 <0.001
Age at Surgery 0.05 −0.14, 0.23 0.6
Race
 White
 Asian
 Black
 Other


−0.13
−4.5
1.7


−4.5, 4.2
−9.1, 0.12
−3.1, 6.5


>0.9
0.056
0.5
Ethnicity
 Not Hispanic
 Hispanic
 Unknown


−3.2
−0.47


−7.9, 1.5
−5.5, 4.6


0.2
0.9
Marital Status
 Married
 Separated
 Single


−2.2
−1.7


−6.9, 2.4
−4.9, 1.5


0.3
0.3
Language
 English
 Non-English


2.2


−6.6, 11


0.6
Income 0.00 0.00, 0.00 0.054
Insurance
 Commercial
 Medicaid
 Medicare
 Self-Pay


−1.5
−0.73
6.5


−7.3, 4.3
−5.0, 3.6
−7.7, 1`


0.6
0.7
0.4
Body Mass Index (BMI) −0.16 −0.44, 0.11 0.3
Smoking Status
 Never Smoker
 Current Smoker
 Former Smoker


−2.9
1.9


−11, 5.4
−1.1, 4.9


0.5
0.2
Menopause Status
 Premenopausal
 Postmenopausal
 Unknown


−2.1
−1.4


−7.2, 3.0
−6.0, 3.1


0.4
0.5
Comorbidities
 Diabetes
 Cardiovascular Disease
 Hypertension
 Psychiatric Diagnoses
 Lymphedema

6.3
−2.7
2.4
−5.4
−2.3

0.70, 12
−6.1, 0.72
−0.78, 5.5
−8.0, −2.9
−7.5, 2.9

0.027
0.12
0.14
<0.001
0.4
Clinical Characteristics
Lymph Node
 Axillary lymph node dissection
 Sentinel lymph node biopsy

−0.88
1.3

−8.6, 6.9
−6.3, 8.9

0.8
0.7
Chemotherapy
 None
 Neoadjuvant
 Adjuvant


−1.2
−0.07


−5.1, 2.8
−3.5, 3.4


0.6
>0.9
Radiation
 None
 Neoadjuvant
 Adjuvant


−0.86
−0.59


−5.4, 3.7
−4.6, 3.4


0.7
0.8
Aromatase inhibitor −3.5 −6.4, −0.58 0.019
Mastectomy Type
 Skin sparing
 Nipple sparing


1.8


−2.0, 5.6


0.4
Timing of Reconstruction
 Immediate
 Delayed


6.5


2.0, 11


0.005
Laterality
 Bilateral
 Unilateral


0.69


−2.0, 3.3


0.6
Reconstruction Method
 Implant
 Autologous


2.3


−0.97, 5.6
0.2
Complications
Readmission within 90 days −4.0 −8.6, 0.60 0.088
Reoperation within 90 days −2.1 −5.4, 1.3 0.2
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CI= Confidence Interval