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Table 7.

Differences between satisfaction with results scales mean scores and qualitative variables studied.

Variables		Satisfaction with Breasts	p	Satisfaction with the Reconstruction of the NAC	p
Smoking	No	54.37 (17.57)	0.83 *	2.64 (1.21)	0.10 ***
Smoking	Yes	55.47 (15.29)	0.83 *	1.75 (1.16)	0.10 ***
Education level	Primary education	55.89 (11.46)	0.35 **	1.71 (1.50)	0.44 ****
	Secondary education	50.50 (22.28)		2.63 (1.18)
	University degree	60.44 (16.77)		2.75 (1.21)
Previous breast surgery	No	56.50 (17.79)	0.66 *	2.40 (1.15)	0.63 ***
Previous breast surgery	Yes	54.08 (14.35)	0.66 *	2.63 (1.40)	0.63 ***
Localization of primary tumor	Upper-outer	56.61 (15.89)	0.79 **	2.58 (1.21)	0.35 ****
	Upper-inner	58.33 (11.69)		2.80 (1.30)
	Lower-outer	53.00 (5.56)		3.00 (0.00)
	Lower-inner	51.80 (12.29)		1.00 (0.00)
	Central	47.40 (32.62)		1.50 (0.57)
Stage	0	43.50 (7.78)	0.65 **	1.00 (0.00)	0.80 ****
	I	58.67 (25.66)		2.00 (1.15)
	IIA-B	53.96 (15.92)		2.19 (1.17)
	IIIA-B	57.56 (8.08)		2.00 (1.41)
Type of mastectomy	Skin-sparing type I–II	50.71 (15.50)	0.35 **	1.91 (1.13)	0.07 ****
	Skin-sparing type IV	62.00 (14.85)		2.80 (0.83)
	Nipple skin-sparing	61.00 (20.03)		3.22 (0.97)
	Radical mastectomy	56.44 (16.85)		2.13 (1.35)
Breast reconstruction timing	Immediate	56.60 (15.28)	0.60 *	2.55 (1.17)	0.11 ***
Breast reconstruction timing	Delayed	47.50 (31.77)	0.60 *	1.00 (0.00)	0.11 ***
Type of reconstruction	Expander-prosthesis	53.33 (15.25)	0.82 **	2.44 (0.88)	0.92 ****
	Becker expander	58.67 (17.91)		2.25 (1.16)
	Latissimus dorsi muscle flap	58.30 (8.73)		2.40 (1.51)
	Matrix acellular	58.60 (13.66)		2.80 (1.64)
	Direct prosthesis	51.00 (28.67)		2.50 (1.37)
Lymph node management	None	52.92 (17.20)	0.20 **	2.45 (1.26)	0.44 ****
	Sentinel lymph node biopsy	57.59 (16.26)		2.44 (1.26)
	Axillary lymph node dissection	73.50 (6.36)		2.33 (1.17)
Adjuvant Radiotherapy	No	55.32 (20.71)	0.78 *	2.47 (1.26)	0.92 ***
Adjuvant Radiotherapy	Yes	56.57 (9.99)	0.78 *	2.43 (1.15)	0.92 ***
Chemotherapy	No	56.89 (19.73)	0.94 **	2.18 (1.16)	0.99 ****
	Neo-adjuvant	55.08 (21.01)		2.20 (1.30)
	Adjuvant	55.37 (10.79)		2.22 (1.20)
Breast symmetrisation	No	57.82 (22.55)	0.55 *	2.17 (1.19)
Breast symmetrisation	Yes	54.81 (13.15)	0.55 *	2.62 (1.20)
Evolution	Successful	55.29 (17.44)	0.83 *	2.69 (1.18)	0.39 ***
Evolution	Reoperation	56.29 (16.67)	0.83 *	2.30 (1.21)	0.39 ***

* p-value obtained by t-Student; ** p-value obtained by ANOVA; *** p-value obtained by Mann Whitney U; **** p- value obtained by Kruskal-Wallis.