Table 4.
Multivariate associations between characteristics of both cancer and heart attack survivors (≤ 5 years after diagnosis or attack) and employment status (not at work; at work) at two-year follow-up
| Characteristics | Employment status (not at work; at work) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer; N = 132a | Heart attack; N = 60a | |||
| OR (95% CI) | P-value | OR (95% CI) | P-value | |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | x | x | 0.03 (0.00–0.57) | 0.018 |
| Male | Ref. | |||
| General health | ||||
| Fair | 0.31 (0.13–0.76) | 0.010 | x | x |
| Very good | Ref. | |||
| Expectation of being at work after certain age | ||||
| 50–100% | x | x | 10.68 (1.23–93.92) | 0.033 |
| 0 – ≤ 50% | Ref. | |||
aOnly women ≤59 and men ≤64 years of age are included. Missing values were imputed with the mean of the other cases