TABLE 4.
Mutually adjusted odds ratios for overall sub-optimal self-rated health in 1993–2006 before and after retirement by sickness absence diagnosis 1990–1992†.
| Sickness absence diagnosis 1990–1992 | Sub-optimal health in the years before retirement | Sub-optimal health in the years after retirement | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) | |
| Cancer | 1.35 | (1.13–1.61) | 1.21 | (0.96–1.52) |
| Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases | 1.88 | (1.46–2.42) | 1.53 | (1.07–2.18) |
| Mental disorders | 1.57 | (1.40–1.73) | 1.28 | (1.11–1.47) |
| Diseases of nervous system | 1.87 | (1.29–2.69) | 1.64 | (1.02–2.65) |
| Diseases of sense organs | 1.33 | (1.11–1.60) | 1.30 | (0.99–1.71) |
| Diseases of the gastro-intestinal system | 1.24 | (1.12–1.38) | 1.21 | (1.06–1.38) |
| Diseases of the circulatory system | 1.47 | (1.29–1.68) | 1.50 | (1.29–1.75) |
| Diseases of the respiratory system | 1.13 | (1.04–1.22) | 1.10 | (0.99–1.21) |
| Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue | 1.05 | (0.80–1.37) | 1.32 | (0.96–1.80) |
| Diseases of the genitourinary system | 1.36 | (1.20–1.55) | 1.32 | (1.10–1.57) |
| Diseases of musculoskeletal system | 1.44 | (1.33–1.57) | 1.27 | (1.15–1.40) |
| External causes | 1.19 | (1.08–1.30) | 1.15 | (1.02–1.28) |
| Other | 1.28 | (1.14–1.44) | 1.13 | (0.96–1.33) |
| Diagnosis missing | 1.28 | (1.21–1.36) | 1.13 | (1.05–1.22) |
To be included as an absentee in a particular diagnostic category, participants had to have at least one new sick leave for that diagnosis during the three-year exposure window. The reference group for each diagnostic category is participants with no sickness absence for that specific diagnosis.
Derived from repeated measures logistic regression GEE analyses adjusted for sex, age, occupational grade, year, and chronic disease (IHD or stroke, asthma or bronchitis, rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis, cancer, and depression) as time-dependent covariates for the year preceding the assessment of the outcome.