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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019 Jun;143(6):1159e–1168e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000005602

Table 4.

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

Variable Overall complication
Major complication
Failure
OR 95% CI p OR 95% CI p OR 95% CI p
Age 1.02 (1.01, 1.04) 0.006 1.02 (1.00, 1.04) 0.018 1.02 (1.00, 1.05) 0.099
BMI 1.05 (1.02, 1.07) <.001 1.04 (1.02, 1.07) 0.002 1.07 (1.03, 1.12) 0.001
Procedure type
 Implant -Reference- -Reference- -Reference-
 Autologous 2.13 (1.44, 3.17) <.001 1.69 (1.11, 2.56) 0.014 0.14 (0.05, 0.45) 0.001
Mastectomy type
 Simple or modified radical -Reference- -Reference- -Reference-
 Nipple sparing 1.32 (0.89, 1.95) 0.162 1.00 (0.64, 1.56) 0.996 1.26 (0.59, 2.68) 0.550
Indication for mastectomy
 Therapeutic -Reference- -Reference- -Reference-
 Prophylactic 0.73 (0.45, 1.18) 0.193 0.91 (0.54, 1.54) 0.737 1.20 (0.44, 3.21) 0.723
Lymph node biopsy
 None -Reference- -Reference- -Reference-
 SLNB 0.68 (0.44, 1.04) 0.072 0.87 (0.55, 1.37) 0.543 0.67 (0.28, 1.60) 0.370
 ALND 0.53 (0.31, 0.90) 0.018 0.67 (0.38, 1.17) 0.156 0.79 (0.30, 2.09) 0.632
Smoking status
 Non smoker -Reference- -Reference- -Reference-
 Previous smoker 1.34 (1.01, 1.77) 0.045 1.27 (0.94, 1.72) 0.125 1.15 (0.68, 1.96) 0.605
 Current smoker 1.88 (0.86, 4.09) 0.114 2.14 (0.97, 4.72) 0.060 3.15 (1.03, 9.60) 0.044
Diabetes
 No -Reference- -Reference- -Reference-
 Yes 1.96 (0.84, 4.55) 0.119 1.55 (0.68, 3.57) 0.300 0.95 (0.23, 3.92) 0.942
Radiation
 None -Reference- -Reference- -Reference-
 Before reconstruction 1.37 (0.85, 2.20) 0.195 1.33 (0.80, 2.20) 0.274 3.11 (1.30, 7.42) 0.011
 During/after reconstruction 2.40 (1.61, 3.58) <.001 2.69 (1.78, 4.07) <.001 3.66 (1.90, 7.04) <.001
Chemotherapy
 Not during/after reconstruction -Reference- -Reference- -Reference-
 During/after reconstruction 1.31 (0.95, 1.81) 0.096 1.36 (0.96, 1.91) 0.079 1.59 (0.88, 2.85) 0.123