Research Article

[Retracted] Effect of Immediate Breast Reconstruction after Standardized Breast Cancer Surgery on the Quality of Life of Patients: A Prospective Multicenter Study

Table 1

Clinical baseline characteristics of the patients.

VariablesTotal N = 878Mean ± SD/n (%)Missing value

Age, years46.28 ± 9.43124.00
BMI (body mass index)22.62 ± 3.871.00

Income121.00
<5000294 (38.84)
5000–10000352 (46.50)
>10000111 (14.66)

Marital status9.00
Divorced16 (1.84)
Married99 (11.39)
Unmarried754 (86.77)

Give birth or notYes192 (21.87)
Number of pregnancies2.23 ± 1.18545.00
Number of deliveries1.29 ± 0.55545.00
Lactation or notYes357 (40.66)
Duration of lactation (months)9.66 ± 4.48575.00
Menopause or not104 (11.85)
Hypertension17 (3.33)367.00
Diabetes3 (0.59)367.00

Tumor locationUpper-inner74 (16.86)439.00
Lower-inner21 (4.78)
Upper-outer246 (56.04)
Lower-outer53 (12.07)
Central area45 (10.25)

Tumor size (cm)2.24 ± 1.64470.00
TNM staging718.00 (value missing and classification too fine for statistics)
Distant metastasisNo distant metastasis402 (94.37)452.00
Distant metastasis24 (5.63)

Histopathological gradeNonassessable89 (24.52)515.00
Low70 (19.28)
Medium146 (40.22)
High58 (15.98)

Pathological diagnosisInvasive carcinoma333 (76.55)443.00
Carcinoma in situ78 (17.93)
Others24 (5.52)