Table 3.
Probability of the Five Work Transitions for Patients With Different Thyroid Diagnoses Compared With the Control Population
| LR Tests (5 Degrees of Freedom) | Sickness Absence |
Return to Work From SA |
Unemployment |
Return to Work From U |
Disability Pension |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chisquare | P Value | Chisquare | P Value | Chisquare | P Value | Chisquare | P Value | Chisquare | P Value | |
| Thyroid patients vs controls | ||||||||||
| <1 y | 67.0 | <.0001 | 17.1 | .0043 | 4.3 | .5092 | 4.7 | .4589 | 525.9 | <.0001 |
| >1 y | 24.6 | .0002 | 32.6 | <.0001 | 10.1 | .0719 | 17.2 | .0042 | 35.5 | <.0001 |
| HR | HR | (95% CI) | HR | (95% CI) | HR | (95% CI) | HR | (95% CI) | HR | (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nontoxic goiter | ||||||||||
| <1 y | 1.23 | (0.80–1.89) | 1.37 | (0.87–2.15) | 1.34 | (0.79–2.27) | 1.02 | (0.58–1.81) | 3.67 | (1.43–9.41) |
| >1 y | 0.93 | (0.77–1.13) | 1.10 | (0.84–1.43) | 1.48 | (1.11–1.99) | 1.31 | (0.98–1.73) | 0.71 | (0.43–1.17) |
| Hyperthyroidism | ||||||||||
| <1 y | 1.96 | (1.31–2.94) | 0.62 | (0.43–0.89) | 1.01 | (0.61–1.66) | 0.78 | (0.52–1.19) | 4.15 | (1.76–9.77) |
| >1 y | 1.14 | (0.91–1.42) | 0.71 | (0.53–0.95) | 1.46 | (0.91–2.33) | 1.12 | (0.68–1.83) | 1.12 | (0.64–1.96) |
| Graves' orbitopathy | ||||||||||
| <1 y | 6.94 | (4.19–11.50) | 0.63 | (0.33–1.19) | 0.49 | (0.14–1.78) | 0.40 | (0.14–1.16) | a | a |
| >1 y | 2.08 | (1.48–2.93) | 0.51 | (0.40–0.66) | 0.91 | (0.49–1.69) | 0.52 | (0.37–0.75) | 4.40 | (2.61–7.42) |
| Autoimmune hypothyroidism | ||||||||||
| <1 y | 1.36 | (0.82–2.28) | 0.56 | (0.36–0.86) | 1.10 | (0.57–2.12) | 0.95 | (0.52–1.74) | 2.46 | (0.63–9.65) |
| >1 y | 1.26 | (0.91–1.73) | 0.79 | (0.56–1.11) | 1.17 | (0.79–1.74) | 0.89 | (0.67–1.18) | 1.49 | (0.81–2.74) |
| Other thyroid disease | ||||||||||
| <1 y | 1.61 | (0.77–3.35) | 1.52 | (0.57–4.10) | 1.72 | (0.80–3.70) | 0.81 | (0.44–1.47) | a | a |
| >1 y | 1.69 | (0.98–2.88) | 1.10 | (0.66–1.85) | 1.10 | (0.61–1.99) | 0.87 | (0.51–1.48) | 0.48 | (0.12–1.99) |
| LR Tests (4 Degrees of Freedom) | Chisquare | P Value | Chisquare | P Value | Chisquare | P Value | Chisquare | P Value | Chisquare | P Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thyroid patients (excluding GO) vs controls | ||||||||||
| <1 y | 13.0 | .0115 | 17.4 | .0016 | 3.08 | .5451 | 1.9 | .7598 | 328.7 | <.0001 |
| >1 y | 7.2 | .1236 | 7.9 | .0967 | 10.0 | .0408 | 4.6 | .3269 | 4.7 | .3152 |
Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval; GO, Graves' orbitopathy; SA, sickness absence; U, unemployment. Statistically significant estimates shown in bold.
a
Too few instances to allow for estimation.