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Published in final edited form as: Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019 Jun;143(6):1159e–1168e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000005602

Table 3.

Multivariable Analysis on Factors Associated with Two-Year Postoperative Complication for Unilateral Reconstruction Patients

Variable Overall complication
Major complication
Failure1
OR 95% CI p OR 95% CI p OR 95% CI p
Age 1.02 (1.01, 1.04) 0.003 1.02 (1.00, 1.04) 0.021 1.02 (0.98, 1.05) 0.358
BMI 1.05 (1.02, 1.08) <.001 1.06 (1.03, 1.09) 0.001 1.08 (1.02, 1.14) 0.009
Procedure type
 Implant -Reference- -Reference- -Reference-
 Autologous 2.50 (1.66, 3.77) <.001 2.19 (1.39, 3.47) 0.001 0.12 (0.04, 0.36) <.001
Mastectomy type
 Simple or modified radical -Reference- -Reference- -Reference-
 Nipple sparing 1.81 (1.02, 3.20) 0.042 1.63 (0.85, 3.14) 0.142 3.36 (1.27, 8.93) 0.015
Indication for mastectomy
 Therapeutic -Reference- -Reference- -Reference-
 Prophylactic 0.96 (0.38, 2.41) 0.928 1.15 (0.41, 3.18) 0.789 - - -
Lymph node biopsy
 None -Reference- -Reference- -Reference-
 SLNB 0.78 (0.49, 1.25) 0.305 0.85 (0.49, 1.45) 0.543 0.70 (0.24, 2.08) 0.519
 ALND 0.90 (0.52, 1.56) 0.704 1.02 (0.55, 1.91) 0.944 1.14 (0.38, 3.46) 0.817
Smoking status
 Non smoker -Reference- -Reference- -Reference-
 Previous smoker 1.01 (0.73, 1.39) 0.955 1.04 (0.73, 1.50) 0.814 1.37 (0.68, 2.77) 0.379
 Current smoker 2.77 (1.18, 6.53) 0.020 1.98 (0.78, 5.01) 0.148 6.70 (1.77, 25.31) 0.005
Diabetes
 No -Reference- -Reference- -Reference-
 Yes 0.94 (0.49, 1.83) 0.863 1.17 (0.58, 2.35) 0.659 1.97 (0.63, 6.17) 0.246
Radiation
 None -Reference- -Reference- -Reference-
 Before reconstruction 1.15 (0.66, 1.99) 0.621 1.12 (0.60, 2.08) 0.729 2.86 (0.76, 10.73) 0.119
 During/after reconstruction 1.63 (1.06, 2.48) 0.025 1.86 (1.16, 2.97) 0.009 3.40 (1.53, 7.57) 0.003
Chemotherapy
 Not during/after reconstruction -Reference- -Reference- -Reference-
 During/after reconstruction 1.12 (0.78, 1.60) 0.547 1.32 (0.88, 1.97) 0.181 1.70 (0.79, 3.66) 0.176
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For the sake of model convergence, indication for mastectomy was not included as a predictor for the model on failure.