Table 3.
Risk of long-term all-cause work disability quantified by Hazard Ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) by asthma status.
| N | No of events | HR1 (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Risk of work disability | |||
| Outcome: All long-term work disability | |||
| No asthma | 62755 | 5098 | 1.00 (ref) |
| Asthma alone | 1787 | 213 | 1.63 (1.42, 1.87) |
| Asthma + 1 chronic co-morbidity | 347 | 74 | 2.24 (1.78, 2.83) |
| Asthma + ≥2 chronic co-morbidities | 62 | 23 | 4.49 (2.98, 6.78) |
| Outcome: Disability pension | |||
| No asthma | 62755 | 1812 | 1.00 (ref) |
| Asthma alone | 1787 | 75 | 1.68 (1.33, 2.12) |
| Asthma + 1 chronic co-morbidity | 347 | 38 | 2.55 (1.85, 3.53) |
| Asthma + ≥2 chronic co-morbidities | 62 | 14 | 5.50 (3.24, 9.32) |
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Adjusted for age, sex, socioeconomic status, smoking, and obesity