Does chemotherapy or radiotherapy affect the postoperative complication in breast cancer patients who underwent immediate breast reconstruction with tissue expander?

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients

Variable	Total, N Mean ± SD	No complication group, N (%) Mean ± SD	Complication group, N (%) Mean ± SD	p
Number of Patients	1081	1022 (94.5)	59 (5.5)
Age (years)	43.29 ± 7.40	43.29 ± 7.35	42.29 ± 8.30	0.998
Age group				0.985
< 40 years	331	313 (94.6)	18 (5.4)
≥ 40 years	750	709 (94.5)	41 (5.5)
BMI (kg/ m²)	21.98 ± 2.93	21.96 ± 2.91	22.40 ± 3.19	0.266
BMI group				0.383
< 18.5	75	73 (97.3)	2 (2.7)
18.5–22.9	668	633 (94.8)	35 (5.2)
≥ 23	338	316 (93.5)	22 (6.5)
DM				0.595
Yes	16	15 (93.8)	1 (6.3)
No	1065	1007 (94.6)	58 (5.4)
Smoking				0.439
Never	1048	991 (94.6)	57 (5.4)
Prior	7	6 (85.7)	1 (14.3)
Current	26	25 (96.2)	1 (3.8)

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