Table 5.

Hazards ratios in strata of potential confounders. Age adjusted mortality hazards ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) among women and men on disability pension versus their referents in strata of potential confounders and other effect modifying variables

	Women			Men
	Fatalities1).	HR	95%CI	Fatalities1).	HR	95%CI
Non-responders	51/38	2.69	1.69–4.29	16/26	2.82	1.35–5.88
Retirement status at baseline only	58/169	2.76	2.04–3.74	51/247	2.36	1.73–3.22
Follow-up until 65 yrs	53/50	3.49	2.23–5.48	98/108	4.94	3.58–6.81
Follow-up from 65 yrs	88/86	2.57	1.86–3.55	57/44	2.13	1.36–3.36
Extent of disability pension
25–50%	8/99	1.63	0.78–3.40	12/144	2.23	1.20–4.16
67–75%	3/99	2.86	0.91–9.06	2/144	2.53	0.61–10.44
100%	117/99	3.01	2.24–4.05	140/144	3.83	2.90–5.06
Increase of extent	94/99	2.60	1.89–3.58	118/144	3.45	2.54–4.68
Married	90/71	2.77	1.97–3.91	62/83	2.87	1.93–4.26
Not married	38/28	2.86	1.69–4.82	46/20	6.54	3.62–11.81
Compulsory education only	91/65	2.32	1.65–3.26	71/35	5.24	3.28–8.37
More than compulsory education.	35/34	4.02	2.34–6.90	37/67	3.10	1.92–5.00
Smokers	62/47	2.26	1.48–3.43	100/61	3.36	2.30–4.93
Non-smokers	66/52	2.96	1.99–4.39	52/80	2.79	1.84–4.25
Reason for disability pension
Musculoskeletal	40/99	1.74	1.18–2.57	42/144	2.08	1.41–3.09
Psychiatric	28/99	3.53	2.28–5.46	35/144	3.76	2.55–5.54
Cardiovascular	15/99	3.78	2.16–6.62	22/144	3.65	2.22–6.00
Neurological	6/99	2.34	1.02–5.37	10/144	3.81	1.94–7.46
All other causes	41/99	3.60	2.42–5.37	45/144	5.75	3.89–8.52
Age at first disability pension decision
16–34	1/99	3.60	0.49–26.27	3/144	7.82	2.44–25.05
35–44	18/99	8.14	4.85–13.67	17/144	4.81	2.91–7.96
45–54	33/99	2.71	1.82–4.03	62/144	4.17	3.05–5.70
55–64	76/99	2.21	1.56–3.12	72/144	2.51	1.71–3.68

¹⁾ Number of fatalities among retired and non-retired subjects