. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 12.

Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg Oncol. 2019 Dec 6;27(6):1877–1888. doi: 10.1245/s10434-019-08073-5

Table 2.

BREAST-Q Scores by Obesity Status

	Pre-operative (n =142)			Long-term follow-up (> 3 years) [n = 108]
BREAST-Q Dimensions	Non-Obese ± SD	Obese ± SD	P	Non-Obese ± SD	Obese ± SD	P
No. Patients	89	53		244	160
Satisfaction with breasts	50.4 ± 22.2	40.7 ± 24.0	0.04^*	72.9 ± 22.3	71.5 ± 19.6	0.58
Physical well-being of the abdomen	93.5 ± 12.7	91.8 ± 12.5	0.27	83.3 ± 19.1	83.0 ± 21.1	0.85
Physical well-being of the chest and upper body	72.7 ± 18.0	73.7 ± 116.5	0.81	79.0 ± 17.0	77.4 ± 12.7	0.36
Satisfaction with outcome	-	-	-	76.8 ± 21.1	77.0 ± 19.6	0.88

Statistically significant (p < 0.05).