. 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 7.

Longitudinal Analysis of Change in BREAST-Q Score after 2 Years Post-operatively

	Satisfaction with Breast		Physical Well-Being of Abdomen		Physical Well-Being of Chest and Upper Body
Laterality	Δ	P	Δ	P	Δ	P
Non-Obese	+23.7	< 0.01^*	−9.0	0.02^*	+3.7	0.21
Obese	+27.0	< 0.01^*	−7.7	0.06	+4.4	0.19
p	0.57		0.84		0.83

Statistically significant (p < 0.05).

The Δ statistic represents longitudinal variance in BREAST-Q score from pre-operative baseline.