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. 2014 Aug 5;14:14. doi: 10.1186/1471-5945-14-14

Table 2.

Predictive ability of baseline characteristics on employment outcomes

Independent variables (X variables used as predictors)
Dependent variables (Y variable being predicted)
Employed
Job responsibility change due to psoriasis
Job responsibility change due to PsA
Sick days
  Week 12 Week 24 Week 12 Week 24 Week 12 Week 24 Week 12 Week 24
Age
NS
NS
1.05 (1.00, 1.11)
NS
NS
1.04 (1.00, 1.09)
NS
NS
Female
NS
NS
3.1 (1.1, 9.0)
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
Duration of psoriasis
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
Duration of PsA
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
ETN BIW/QW
5.2 (1.7, 15.7)
3.0 (1.1, 8.0)
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
Baseline job change due to psoriasis
NS
NS
22.9 (7.9, 66.3)
10.9 (4.0, 29.9)
3.1 (1.2, 8.6)
NS
2.6 (1.4, 3.8)
3.4 (1.8, 5.0)
Baseline job change due to PsA
NS
NS
NS
NS
4.9 (1.8, 12.9)
6.3 (2.7, 14.6)
NS
-1.7 (-3.0, -0.4)
Baseline sick days*
NS
0.94 (0.90, 0.99)
NS
NS
NS
NS
0.17 (0.11, 0.24)
0.15 (0.08, 0.22)
Baseline hours worked 1.05 (1.02, 1.08) NS NS 0.96 (0.93, 0.99) 0.96 (0.94, 0.98) 0.95 (0.92, 0.97) -0.04 (-0.06, -0.01) -0.04 (-0.07, -0.01)

NS = Not significant.

Data for all dependent variables are odds ratio (95% confidence intervals) except Sick days which show slope (95% confidence intervals). *Odds are for a one-day increase in baseline sick days. Odds are for a one-hour increase in baseline hours worked.