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. 2014 Nov;3(4):226–231. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2227-684X.2014.10.03

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.