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. 2014 Jul 21;9(7):e103291. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103291

Correction: Cognitive Ability in Late Adolescence and Disability Pension in Middle Age: Follow-Up of a National Cohort of Swedish Males

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There is an error in Table 3. The line “Adulthood BMI” should read “Adulthood SEP”. The corrected table is shown below.

Table 3. Relative risk (hazard ratio, HR, with 95% confidence interval) of the granting of disability pension 1991-2008 per one (1) point decrease in cognitive ability score at conscription on a stanine scale, with adjustments made for each variable separately and in combinations of variables according to stage of life.

Disability pension 1991-2008
N =  44 144; 4 899 disability pensions granted.
HR CI 95% Reduction in HR (%)
Crude 1.26 1.24-1.27
Adjusted for:
A. Pre labour market entry
Childhood SEP 1.25 1.23-1.27 4
Personality factors (emotional control, social maturity) 1.21 1.19-1.22 19
Health lifestyle factors (smoking, risky use of alcohol, high BMI score) 1.23 1.21-1.25 12
Psychiatric diagnosis at conscription 1.23 1.21-1.24 12
Musculoskeletal diagnosis at conscription 1.25 1.24-1.27 4
All factors pre labour market entry 1.19 1.17-1.21 27
B. Adulthood, post labour market entry
Unemployment 1974-90 (years with benefit, 5 groups) 1.22 1.20-1.23 15
Education 1.19 1.17-1.21 27
Adulthood SEP 1.20 1.18-1.21 23
Income 1.19 1.17-1.20 27
All adult factors, post labour market entry 1.13 1.11-1.15 50
A + B: Full adjustment 1.11 1.09-1.13 58

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