Table 2.

Characteristics of the study population. Characteristics of women and men with a disability pension at baseline or during follow up, and non-retired women and men

	Disability pension				Non-retired
	Women		Men		Women		Men		p for difference
	Mean or %	SD	mean or %	SD	mean or %	SD	mean or %	SD	pension status	gender
No of subjects	892		791		2257		2947
No. of observation periods	18871)		15782)		2257		2947
No. of person-years	9479		6923		35528		40320
Age at baseline	53.8	8.09	52.5	8.55	44.7	10.06	44.6	8.65	<0.0001	n.s.
Married, %	73.8		63.4		78.6		80.4		<0.001	n.s.
Mandatory education only	70.8		55.4		43.0		31.0		<0.0001	<0.0001
Household size	2.3	1.19	2.4	1.49	2.9	1.22	2.9	1.32	<0.0001	n.s.
Smokers, %	37.8		42.2		33.3		30.1		<0.005	<0.01
Hospital care for alcohol or drug abuse, %	0		5.4		0.4		0.9		<0.01	<0.005

¹⁾ 634 observation periods before and 1258 periods after disability pension.

²⁾ 592 observation periods before and 992 periods after disability pension.