Table 2.
Characteristics of patients stratified by whether postmastectomy breast reconstruction was performed
| Characteristic | Reconstruction (n = 58) n (%) |
No reconstruction (n = 109) n (%) |
p Valuea |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age at diagnosis (years) | |||
| Median (IQR) | 56 (44–63) | 66 (53–73) | <0.001 |
| Race | |||
| White | 12 (21) | 25 (33) | 0.056 |
| Asian | 2 (3.4) | 19 (17) | |
| Black | 34 (59) | 50 (46) | |
| Hispanic | 7 (12) | 7 (6.4) | |
| Other | 3 (5.2) | 8 (7.3) | |
| Insurance | |||
| Private | 34 (59) | 21 (19) | <0.001 |
| Medicaid | 9 (16) | 35 (32) | |
| Medicare | 15 (26) | 53 (49) | |
| BMI | |||
| Median (IQR) | 30 (26–35) | 28 (24–32) | 0.027 |
| Charlson Comorbidity Index | |||
| Median (IQR) | 1.00 (0.00–2.00) | 2.00 (1.00–4.00) | <0.001 |
| Ever/former smoker | 18 (31) | 19 (17) | 0.052 |
| MDC surgeon | 23 (40) | 34 (31) | 0.31 |
| Surgeon gender | |||
| Male | 25 (43) | 71 (65) | 0.008 |
| Female | 33 (57) | 38 (35) | |
| Type of surgery | |||
| Unilateral mastectomy | 25 (43) | 94 (86) | <0.001 |
| Bilateral mastectomy | 33 (57) | 15 (14) | |
| Reconstruction type | |||
| Autologous | 5 (8.6) | 0 (0) | <0.001 |
| Implant | 53 (91) | 0 (0) | |
| None | 0 (0) | 109 (100) |
IQR, interquartile range; BMI, body mass index; MDC, multidisciplinary breast clinic
aFisher’s exact test, Wilcoxon rank-sum test