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. 2016 Aug 18;2016:3797493. doi: 10.1155/2016/3797493

Table 2.

Univariate regression analyses showing the odds ratio for work performance and sick leave at the 3-year follow-up.

 Work performance Sick leave
p Odds ratio (95% CI) p Odds ratio (95% CI)
Withe collar, N (%) <0.001 0.3 (0.1–0.9) <0.01 2.1 (2.6–3.8)
Blue collar, N (%) 0.071 1.1 (0.9–1.3) 0.062 0.9 (0.8–1.1)
Age (years) 0.062 0.89 (0.78–1.0) 0.076 0.93 (0.86–1.0)
Gender, N (%) 0.052 0.81 (0.72–1.0) 0.78 0.91 (0.83–1.1)
Men <0.001 0.3 (0.2–0.4) 0.061 0.88 (0.80–1.0)
Women 0.071 0.96 (0.92–1.0) <0.0001 1.8 (2.1–3.1)
Civil status, N (%) 0.21 0.89 (0.68–1.1) 0.069 0.94 (0.82–1.0)
Physical activity <0.01 1.4 (0.5–1.9) <0.001 0.3 (0.0–0.6)
Organic causes of LBP 0.061 0.8 (0.7–1.0) 0.067 0.8 (0.6–1.0)
Not-organic causes of LBP <0.01 0.3 (0.2–0.5) 0.001 1.8 (2.6–3.6)
Drug treatment for LBP 0.053 0.8 (0.6–1.1) 0.052 0.9 (0.5–1.2)
Previous LBP 0.1 1.1 (0.9–0.8) 0.053 1.0 (0.5–1.3)
Single/separated/divorced/widowed 0.066 0.81 (0.71–1.0) 0.062 0.90 (0.81–1.0)
Married/common/law partner 0.067 0.76 (0.68–1.1) 0.064 0.91 (0.80–1.1)
Last level of education completed, N (%) 0.088 0.91 (0.7–1.0) 0.072 0.94 (0.79–1.0)
Primary 0.072 0.85 (0.79–1.1) 0.061 0.97 (0.89–1.1)
High school 0.42 0.93 (0.81–1.0) 0.060 0.98 (0.88–1.0)
University 0.061 0.86 (0.81–1.0) 0.064 0.94 (0.90–1.0)
Annual personal income, N (%) 0.069 0.88 (0.67–1.2) 0.065 0.95 (0.92–1.1)
≤10,000 0.063 0.82 (0.65–1.0) 0.065 0.95 (0.91–1.0)
10,001–20,000 0.058 0.99 (0.89–1.0) 0.082 0.96 (0.90–1.0)
20,001–30,000 0.056 0.91 (0.88–1.2) 0.071 0.89 (0.85–1.0)
30,001–40,000 0.052 0.88 (0.68–1.0) 0.067 0.90 (0.89–1.1)
40,001–50,000 0.062 0.99 (0.97–1.0) 0.082 0.92 (0.88–1.0)
50,001–70,000 0.061 0.89 (0.57–1.0) 0.069 0.90 (0.85–1.0)
≥70,001 0.067 0.87 (0.69–1.1) 0.54 0.91 (0.84–1.0)
Industrial sector, N (%) 0.069 0.81 (0.65–1.0) 0.064 0.99 (0.81–1.0)
Banking/finance 0.059 0.89 (0.78–1.0) 0.067 0.97 (0.76–1.2)
Insurance 0.071 0.76 (0.54–1.1) 0.086 0.96 (0.78–1.0)
Manufacturing 0.062 0.88 (0.49–1.0) 0.073 0.93 (0.87–1.1)
ICT 0.061 0.89 (0.84–1.0) 0.062 0.93 (0.78–1.0)
Public services 0.068 0.87 (0.82–1.1) 0.062 0.91 (0.88–1.1)

Note: LBP: low back pain; no-LBP: patients without low back pain diagnosis; p values < 0.05 are indicated in bold.