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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Plast Reconstr Surg. 2012 Jan;129(1):160–168. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e318236215c

Table 2.

Bivariate statistics examining rates of hematoma stratified by risk factors.

Risk factor (N) Hematoma rate, % p value

Age
 <40 years (915) 2.30% Reference
 ≥40 years (2,757) 3.16% 0.182

Body mass index
 0–25 kg/m2 (861) 3.02% Reference
 25–40 kg/m2 (2,219) 3.06% 0.948
 >40 kg/m2 (254) 3.15% 0.916

Operative time
 0–1.5 hours (914) 1.64% Reference
 1.5–3 hours (1,218) 4.35% <0.001
 >3 hours (1,549) 2.65% 0.106

Multiple site surgery
 No (3,291) 2.95% Reference
 Yes (390) 3.08% 0.887

Microsurgical procedure
 No (3,433) 2.71% Reference
 Yes (248) 6.45% 0.001

Breast surgery
 No (2,484) 1.65% Reference
 Yes (1,197) 5.68% <0.001

Post-bariatric body contouring surgery
 No (3,434) 2.91% Reference
 Yes (247) 3.64% 0.512

Intravenous heparin during surgery
 No (3,624) 3.01% Reference
 Yes (57) 0% 0.184

Intra- or post-operative aspirin
 No (3.385) 2.95% Reference
 Yes (296) 3.04% 0.933

Post-operative enoxaparin per protocol
 No (2,114) 2.65% Reference
 Yes (1,567) 3.38% 0.194