Table 1. Demographic Characteristics of Patients by Procedure Type (N =2234).
| Procedure Type | P | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Implant (DTI and TE) N = 1615 (72.3%) | PTRAM N = 84 (3.8%) | Free TRAM N = 97 (4.3%) | DIEP N = 365 (16.3%) | Lat Dorsi N = 73 (3.3%) | ||
| Age, mean (SD) | 49.3 (10.3) | 54.0 (8.5) | 52.5 (8.6) | 51.4 (8.6) | 53.5 (10.0) | <0.001 |
| Race | ||||||
| White | 1402 (87.7%) | 70 (83.3%) | 77 (80.2%) | 318 (88.6%) | 63 (87.5%) | 0.051 |
| Black | 108 (6.8%) | 5 (6.0%) | 14 (14.6%) | 18 (5.0%) | 4 (5.6%) | |
| Other | 88 (5.5%) | 9 (10.7%) | 5 (5.2%) | 23 (6.4%) | 5 (6.9%) | |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Hispanic or Latino | 97 (6.1%) | 1 (1.2%) | 14 (14.6%) | 16 (4.4%) | 4 (5.7%) | 0.002 |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 1488 (93.9%) | 83 (98.8%) | 82 (85.4%) | 346 (95.6%) | 66 (94.3%) | |
| Education | ||||||
| High school or less | 114 (7.1%) | 13 (15.5%) | 8 (8.3%) | 73 (20.1%) | 12 (16.4%) | <0.001 |
| Some college | 238 (14.8%) | 15 (17.9%) | 20 (20.6%) | 74 (20.4%) | 21 (28.8%) | |
| College degree | 716 (44.6%) | 38 (45.2%) | 39 (40.2%) | 151 (41.6%) | 26 (35.6%) | |
| Master/Doctoral degree | 539 (33.5%) | 18 (21.4%) | 30 (30.9%) | 65 (17.9%) | 14 (19.2%) | |
| Income | ||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 224 (14.3%) | 25 (30.1%) | 26 (27.4%) | 78 (22.0%) | 23 (32.4%) | <0.001 |
| $50,000–$99,000 | 462 (29.5%) | 31 (37.4%) | 25 (26.3%) | 159 (44.9%) | 28 (39.4%) | |
| $100,000 or more | 878 (56.1%) | 27 (32.5%) | 44 (46.3%) | 117 (33.1%) | 20 (28.2%) | |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married or partnered | 1254 (78.4%) | 62 (73.8%) | 73 (75.3%) | 291 (79.7%) | 49 (68.1%) | 0.186 |
| Not married or partnered | 346 (21.6%) | 22 (26.2%) | 24 (24.7%) | 74 (20.3%) | 23 (31.9%) | |
| Employment status | ||||||
| Full-time (including student) | 907 (56.9%) | 44 (53%) | 62 (66.7%) | 219 (60.8%) | 34 (47.2%) | 0.096 |
| Part-time | 224 (14.1%) | 9 (10.8%) | 5 (5.4%) | 47 (13.1%) | 12 (16.7%) | |
| Unemployed | 463 (29.1%) | 30 (36.1%) | 26 (28.0%) | 94 (26.1%) | 26 (36.1%) | |