Table 2.
Characteristics of study population (paid work, work disabled, unemployed, living allowance, aged ≤ 65 years) by index diseases
| Musculoskeletal disease(n = 925 (17.1%)) | Cardiovascular disease(n = 662 (12.3%)) | Diabetes(n = 180 (3.3%)) | Cancer(n = 96 (1.8%)) | Respiratory disease(n = 355 (6.6%)) | Skin disease(n = 359 (6.7%)) | Mental disease(n = 376 (7.0%)) | Bowel disease(n = 164 (3.0%)) | Migraine(n = 275 (5.1%)) | No chronic disease(n = 3,156 (58.5%)) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean (SD) | 49.0 (10.5) | 53.3 (8.8) | 54.8 (8.0) | 54.0 (8.5) | 48.3 (11.0) | 46.7 (11.0) | 46.0 (11.0) | 46.6 (11.1) | 45.2 (10.9) | 44.0 (10.8) |
| Women, n (%) | 563 (60.9) | 333 (50.3) | 72 (40.0) | 63.0 (65.6) | 227 (63.9) | 208 (57.9) | 253 (58.0) | 124 (75.6) | 231 (84.0) | 1685 (53.4) |
| Work status | ||||||||||
| Paid work | 706 (76.3) | 509 (76.9) | 115 (63.9) | 64 (66.7) | 265 (74.7) | 281 (78.3) | 216 (57.5) | 108 (65.9) | 203 (73.8) | 2998 (95.0) |
| Work disabled | 152 (16.4) | 113 (17.1) | 46 (25.6) | 26 (27.1) | 66 (18.6) | 56 (15.6) | 121 (32.2) | 46 (28.1) | 45 (16.4) | 86 (2.7) |
| Unemployed | 43 (4.7) | 25 (3.8) | 11 (6.1) | 5 (5.2) | 13 (3.7) | 17 (4.7) | 25 (6.7) | 6 (3.7) | 23 (8.4) | 56 (1.8) |
| Living allowance | 24 (2.6) | 15 (2.3) | 8 (4.4) | 1 (1.0) | 11 (3.1) | 5 (1.4) | 14 (3.7) | 4 (2.4) | 4 (1.5) | 16 (0.5) |
| BMI, n (%) | n = 269 | |||||||||
| Underweight | 15 (1.6) | 2 (0.3) | 1 (0.6) | - | 4 (1.1) | 6 (1.7) | 11 (2.9) | 4 (2.4) | 7 (2.6) | 42 (1.3) |
| Normal | 387 (41.8) | 200 (30.2) | 34 (18.9) | 37 (38.5) | 143 (40.3) | 173 (48.2) | 179 (47.6) | 79 (48.2) | 145 (52.7) | 1858 (58.9) |
| Pre-obese | 340 (36.8) | 261 (39.4) | 66 (36.7) | 39 (40.6) | 121 (34.1) | 122 (34.0) | 108 (28.7) | 57 (34.8) | 76 (27.6) | 980 (31.1) |
| Obese | 183 (19.8) | 199 (30.1) | 79 (43.9) | 20 (20.8) | 87 (24.5) | 58 (16.2) | 78 (20.8) | 24 (14.6) | 47 (17.5) | 225 (7.1) |
| Level of education, n (%) | n = 922 | n = 656 | n = 179 | n = 352 | n = 358 | n = 374 | n = 274 | n = 3133 | ||
| Primary school or no education | 29 (3.2) | 25 (3.8) | 11 (6.2) | 4 (4.2) | 13 (3.7) | 12 (3.4) | 9 (2.4) | 7 (4.3) | 3 (1.1) | 43 (1.3) |
| Lower professional school | 154 (16.7) | 102 (15.6) | 37 (20.7) | 15 (15.6) | 59 (16.8) | 48 (13.4) | 45 (12.0) | 22 (13.4) | 38 (13.9) | 244 (7.8) |
| Middle or professional secondary school | 331 (35.9) | 245 (37.4) | 57 (31.8) | 28 (29.2) | 121 (34.4) | 118 (33.0) | 126 (33.7) | 56 (34.2) | 94 (34.2) | 920 (29.4) |
| Secondary education | 90 (9.7) | 75 (11.4) | 20 (11.2) | 21 (21.9) | 32 (10.5) | 40 (11.2) | 52 (13.9) | 18 (11.0) | 34 (12.4) | 311 (9.9) |
| University education | 318 (34.5) | 209 (31.9) | 54 (30.2) | 28 (29.2) | 127 (36.1) | 140 (39.1) | 142 (38.0) | 61 (37.2) | 105 (38.3) | 1615 (51.5) |
| Smoking status, n (%) | n = 924 | n = 660 | n = 179 | n = 353 | n = 163 | n = 3145 | ||||
| Current smoker | 217 (23.5) | 131 (19.9) | 42 (23.5) | 20 (20.8) | 73 (20.7) | 74 (20.6) | 118 (31.4) | 41 (25.2) | 64 (23.3) | 567 (18.0) |
| Never smoked | 364 (39.4) | 248 (37.6) | 50 (27.9) | 35 (36.5) | 155 (43.9) | 141 (39.3) | 122 (32.5) | 77 (47.2) | 128 (46.6) | 1610 (51.2) |
| Former smoker | 343 (37.1) | 281 (42.6) | 87 (48.6) | 41 (42.7) | 125 (35.4) | 144 (40.1) | 136 (36.2) | 45 (27.6) | 83 (30.1) | 968 (30.8) |
| Number of co- morbidities, n (%) | ||||||||||
| 0 | 462 (50.0) | 289 (43.7) | 46 (25.6) | 39 (40.6) | 143 (40.3) | 175 (48.8) | 162 (43.1) | 65 (39.6) | 123 (44.7) | 3156 (100.0) |
| 1 | 265 (28.7) | 197 (29.8) | 62 (34.4) | 23 (24.0) | 103 (29.0) | 101 (28.1) | 107 (28.5) | 49 (29.9) | 79 (28.7) | N/A |
| 2 | 132 (14.3) | 106 (16.0) | 40 (22.2) | 21 (21.9) | 61 (17.2) | 58 (16.2) | 67 (17.8) | 24 (14.6) | 50 (18.2) | N/A |
| ≥ 3 | 66 (7.1) | 70 (10.6) | 32 (17.8) | 13 (13.5) | 48 (13.5) | 25 (6.9) | 40 (10.6) | 26 (15.9) | 23 (8.4) | N/A |
| Sick leave during past 12 months in subsample with paid work | ||||||||||
| n = 706 | n = 509 | n = 115 | n = 64 | n = 265 | n = 281 | n = 216 | n = 108 | n = 203 | n = 2992 | |
| Yes, sick leave n (%) | 455 (64.5) | 257 (50.5) | 66 (57.4) | 40 (62.5) | 154 (58.1) | 154 (54.8) | 164 (75.9) | 69 (63.9) | 136 (67.0) | 1173 (39.2) |