Table 4.

Long term unemployment (>24 months) during follow up in relation to changes in lifestyle variables, body mass index, symptom scores, and incident diseases (comparison group was all other participants). Odds ratios adjusted for age group

Variable	Odds ratio (95% CI)
Increase in exercise frequency*	1.91 (1.24 to 2.96)
Decrease in alcohol consumption†	2.88 (1.59 to 5.22)
Increase in body mass index*	2.28 (1.30 to 4.00)
Increase in stress symptoms*	2.06 (1.23 to 3.47)
Decrease in musculoskeletal symptoms†	1.22 (0.67 to 2.22)
Incident diseases	0.61 (0.40 to 0.94)

^*Index category is upper tenth of score difference. 

^†Index category is lower tenth of score difference.