. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 23.

Published in final edited form as: Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019 Jan;143(1):22e–31e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000005096

Table 4:

Abdominal Function Analysis

	N	Upper rectus function					Lower rectus function					Functional independence measure
	N	pre	early	med	Long	Δ	pre	early	med	Long	Δ	pre	early	med	Long	Δ
Overall	51	4.6	3.7	4.2	4.6^*	0.04	4.4	3.6	4.0	4.8^{^}	0.4	6.9	6.4	6.8	6.9^*	0.03
Unilateral	24	4.5	3.9	4.4	4.7^*	0.3	4.3	3.6	4.1	4.8^{^}	0.5	6.8	6.4	6.8	7.0^{^}	0.2
Bilateral	27	4.7	3.6	4.1	4.4^*	−0.3	4.6	3.7	4.0	4.8^*	0.2	7.0	6.3	6.7	6.9^*	−0.1
P value		0.3			0.2	0.1	0.3			0.6	0.2	0.03			0.2	0.02
Unilateral	24
TRAM	15	4.5	3.7	4.4	4.8^*	0.3	4.5	3.5	4.1	4.9^*	0.4	6.9	6.1	6.9	7.0^*	0.13
DIEP	9	4.1	4.1	4.3	4.6^*	0.5	3.9	3.6	4.1	4.7^*	0.7	6.8	6.8	6.6	7.0^*	0.22
P value		0.8			0.2	1	0.1			0.03	0.4	0.6			1.0	0.6
Bilateral	27
TRAM/TRAM	20	4.7	3.4	3.9	4.4^*	−0.3	4.7	3.6	3.7	4.8^*	0.1	7.0	6.3	6.7	6.9^*	−0.2
DIEP/DIEP	4	4.68	4.7	5.0	5.0^*	0.3	4.7	4	5	5.0^*	0.3	7.0	6.5	6.8	7.0^*	0.0
TRAM/DIEP	3	4.8	3.0	4.3	4.8^*	0.0	4.8	3.5	5	5.0^*	0.3	7.0	6.0	7.0	7.0^*	0.0
P value		0.9			0.3	0.4	0.9			0.7	0.9	1.0			0.9	0.9
Obese	15	4.3	2.9	3.6	4.7^*	0.5	4.5	3.5	4.1	4.7^*	0.1	6.8	6.2	6.7	6.8^*	0.0
Non-obese	36	4.7	4.0	4.4	4.5^*	−0.2	4.4	3.7	4.0	4.9^{^}	0.5	6.9	6.4	6.8	7.0^*	0.1
P value		0.3			0.2	0.04	0.4			0.07	0.1	0.04			0.1	0.2

pre vs. long – p>0.05,

^{^}

pre vs. long – p<0.05,

⁺

pre vs. long – p<0.001