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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