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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Surg. 2017 Feb 9;214(2):312–317. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2017.02.009

Table 2.

Unadjusted one-year complication rate following breast reconstruction by self-reported race and ethnicity

Variable Number of patients Any complication n (%)(P <.001) Major complication n (%)(P<.001) Reconstruction failure n (%)(P=.179)
White 2,244 746 (33.2) 503 (22.4) 104 (4.6)
Black or African-American 158 45 (28.5) 33 (20.9) 11 (7.0)
Hispanic or Latina 148 25 (16.9) 18 (12.2) 3 (2.0)
Other* 153 42 (27.5) 18 (11.8) 5 (3.3)

Cases with missing information are excluded. Given in absolute numbers (n) and as percentage of patients in that characteristic group.

*

Other category includes Asian, Native American//Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or other Pacific Islander