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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 13.
Published in final edited form as: Scand J Work Environ Health. 2013 Jan 7;39(4):361–368. doi: 10.5271/sjweh.3342

Table 3.

Age- and gender-adjusted incidence rate ratio (IRR) of long-term injury leave by shift and criteria used to define long-term injury among 419 police officers. [95% CI=95% confidence interval]

Criteria for long-term injury (duration
of leave in days)
Cases Night versus day Afternoon versus day Night versus afternoon




N IRR 95% CI IRR 95% CI IRR 95% CI
≥1 257 1.75 1.26–2.45 1.05 0.75–1.48 1.66 1.23–2.24
≥5 190 1.53 1.04–2.27 1.08 0.73–1.60 1.42 1.00–2.01
≥10 167 1.40 0.93–2.13 1.03 0.69–1.55 1.36 0.94–1.97
≥15 142 1.65 1.05–2.57 1.04 0.66–1.62 1.59 1.06–2.37
≥30 111 1.82 1.09–3.04 1.23 0.74–2.04 1.48 0.94–2.33
≥90 40 3.12 1.35–7.21 1.42 0.54–3.71 2.21 1.04–4.68