Table 5. Associations of individual symptoms of frailty with employment outcomes and perceptions.

	Risk factors
	Weight loss		Exhaustion		Weak grip		Slow walking speed		Low activity
Outcomes	OR	(95%CI)	OR	(95%CI)	OR	(95%CI)	OR	(95%CI)	OR	(95%CI)
Entire Sample (n =8,095)
Not in work vs. in work	1.6	(1.3,1.9)	3.8	(3.1,4.6)	2.4	(2.1,2.8)	6.8	(5.4,8.4)	1.4	(1.3,1.7)
Left for a health reason vs. not	2.6	(2.1,3.2)	7.9	(6.4,9.6)	6.6	(5.5,7.8)	14.8	(12.2,18.0)	2.6	(2.2,3.1)
Those in work (n=5,486)
Sick leave, days in past 12 months :
Any vs. none	1.5	(1.2,1.8)	2.9	(2.2,3.8)	1.8	(1.5,2.2)	3.1	(2.2,4.4)	1.2	(1.0,1.4)
>20 days vs. ≤20 days	3.5	(2.7,4.6)	3.9	(2.8,5.5)	2.7	(2.0,3.6)	5.1	(3.5,7.5)	1.7	(1.3,2.3)
Cut down on work, past 12 months:
Any vs. none	1.9	(1.6,2.3)	3.7	(2.9,4.8)	3.7	(3.1,4.6)	6.9	(4.8,9.7)	1.2	(1.0,1.5)
A lot vs. not a lot (none/a little)	2.6	(1.9,3.6)	5.5	(4.0,7.7)	4.4	(3.3,5.9)	9.6	(6.7,13.7)	1.4	(1.1,1.9)
Coping with work’s physical demands (vs. easily):
With some/great difficulty	1.8	(1.5,2.2)	4.2	(3.3,5.5)	5.6	(4.5,6.8)	10.6	(7.1,15.9)	1.5	(1.3,1.7)
Coping with work’s mental demands (vs. easily):
With some/great difficulty	1.4	(1.2,1.8)	3.8	(2.9,4.9)	2.4	(2.0,3.0)	1.9	(1.3,2.6)	1.3	(1.1,1.5)
Expecting to be able to cope in 2 years’ time (vs. yes):
No/not sure	1.7	(1.4,2.1)	3.6	(2.8,4.7)	4.0	(3.2,4.8)	7.4	(5.2,10.5)	1.5	(1.2,1.7)
Lying awake at night worrying about work (vs. sometimes/rarely/never):
Often	1.6	(1.2,2.0)	5.0	(3.8,6.5)	1.9	(1.5,2.4)	2.4	(1.7,3.5)	1.4	(1.1,1.7)
Job security (vs. secure/very secure):
Insecure/very insecure	1.3	(1.0,1.6)	1.8	(1.4,2.5)	1.6	(1.3,2.0)	2.1	(1.5,2.9)	1.0	(0.8,1.2)

Odds ratios (OR) are adjusted for age and gender