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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 Feb;141(2):271–281. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000004016

Table 3.

Mixed-Effects Logistic Regression Model for Two Years Postoperative Complication

Variable Any donor site complication Any breast complication


OR 95% CI p OR 95% CI p
Age 1.01 (0.99, 1.03) 0.480 1.01 (0.99, 1.04) 0.205
BMI 1.03 (0.99, 1.07) 0.131 1.08 (1.04, 1.12) <.001
Procedure type
 DIEP -Ref- -Ref-
 PTRAM 0.63 (0.32, 1.24) 0.178 0.94 (0.46, 1.94) 0.872
 FTRAM 0.52 (0.27, 1.02) 0.057 0.51 (0.25, 1.02) 0.058
 SIEA 2.73 (1.51, 4.96) 0.001 1.15 (0.61, 2.17) 0.668
Bilateral reconstruction 1.11 (0.71, 1.73) 0.645 1.21 (0.79, 1.87) 0.384
Prophylactic mastectomy 1.73 (0.86, 3.47) 0.125 1.45 (0.71, 2.94) 0.304
Delayed reconstruction 0.35 (0.11, 1.09) 0.069 0.48 (0.18, 1.30) 0.151
Smoking
 Non-smoker -Ref- -Ref-
 Previous smoker 1.59 (1.06, 2.39) 0.024 1.07 (0.72, 1.60) 0.721
 Current smoker 3.94 (1.44, 10.81) 0.008 3.14 (1.13, 8.68) 0.028
Diabetes 2.36 (1.15, 4.88) 0.020 0.94 (0.44, 1.97) 0.860
Radiation
 None -Ref- -Ref-
 Before mastectomy 0.73 (0.39, 1.37) 0.324 1.63 (0.93, 2.89) 0.090
 After mastectomy before reconstruction 1.41 (0.39, 5.11) 0.602 1.73 (0.58, 5.16) 0.325
 After reconstruction 1.15 (0.65, 2.06) 0.629 1.00 (0.55, 1.84) 0.996
Adjuvant chemotherapy 0.97 (0.58, 1.63) 0.912 1.13 0.68, 1.88) 0.647