Table 3. Statistically significant associations.
Risk factor | Complication | P value | Odds ratio | 95% confidence interval |
---|---|---|---|---|
Smoking (active) | Seroma | <0.0001 | 36 | 5.9-193.9 |
Infection | 0.0081 | 4.3 | 1.3-14.1 | |
Pneumonia | <0.0001 | 17.1 | 3.3-89.9 | |
Unilateral reconstruction | Fat necrosis | 0.0083 | 4 | 1.4-11.4 |
Additionally, BMI was found to be a statistically significant risk factor for infection (P<0.00001). As BMI is a continuous variable with a range of values, odds ratios could not be calculated, however, a positive coefficient of 0.1617 indicates that as BMI increases, the chance of infection increases.