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. 2019 Dec 26;20:622. doi: 10.1186/s12891-019-2999-9

Table 2.

Hazard ratios for sick leave> 90 days/disability pension with 95% confidence intervals

Crude Adjusted sex, age and education Adjusted for all significant variables Co-twin analyses of discordant twin pairs
(n = 140 pairs)
Sex
 Male 0.56 (0.47–0.65) 0.57 (0.47–0.69)
 Female ref ref
Age
 19–28 0.62 (0.49–0.78) 0.53 (0.41–0.69)
 29–37 0.85 (0.73–0.99) 0.84 (0.71–1.01)
 38–47 ref ref
Education
 Primary 1.31 (1.02–1.70) 1.20 (0.91–1.58) 0.84 (0.33–2.13)
 Secondary ref ref ref
 Higher education 0.75 (0.64–0.88) 0.75 (0.63–0.89) 1.06 (0.55–2.05)
Back pain
 LBP 0.60 (0.49–0.72) 0.70 (0.57–0.86) 0.88 (0.71–1.09) 0.60 (0.32–1.12)
 NSP 0.71 (0.61–0.84) 0.70 (0.59–0.83) 0.79 (0.66–0.95) 0.81 (0.48–1.34)
 LBP & NSP ref ref ref ref
MDD/GAD
 No 0.48 (0.41–0.56) 0.49 (0.42–0.58) 0.58 (0.48–0.69) 0.44 (0.24–0.81)
 Yes ref ref ref ref
Self-rated health
 Excellent 0.21 (0.16–0.29) 0.23 (0.17–0.31) 0.30 (0.22–0.43) 0.30 (0.10–0.87)
 Good 0.28 (0.22–0.37) 0.30 (0.23–0.39) 0.38 (0.29–0.51) 0.44 (0.18–1.09)
 Moderate 0.50 (0.38–0.64) 0.50 (0.38–0.65) 0.56 (0.42–0.75) 0.65 (0.26–1.59)
 Not good/Poor ref ref ref ref
Health behaviours
 Physical activity
 None/low 1.09 (0.87–1.36) 1.12 (0.89–1.41) 1.40 (0.73–2.71)
 Moderate ref ref ref
 High 0.97 (0.79–1.18) 1.00 (0.81–1.23) 1.00 (0.52–1.94)
 Vigourous 0.72 (0.56–0.94) 0.80 (0.60–1.05) 0.50 (0.19–1.27)
Regular analgesia
 No 0.76 (0.66–0.88) 0.82 (0.71–0.96) 0.89 (0.76–1.05) 0.60 (0.37–0.98)
 Yes ref ref ref
 Missing
Work variables
 Job demands 1–4
 First 4 years 0.69 (0.58–0.81) 0.69 (0.58–0.83) 0.79 (0.66–0.95) 0.86 (0.49–1.50)
 After 4 years 0.93 (0.77–1.12) 0.90 (0.74–1.08) 0.96 (0.78–1.17) 1.12 (0.56–2.23)
 Job control 1–4 0.82 (0.73–0.92) 0.82 (0.72–0.94) 0.85 (0.73–0.98) 0.83 (0.53–1.28)
 Job Support 1–4
 First 4 years 0.72 (0.60–0.86) 0.74 (0.61–0.89) 1.00 (0.82–1.23) 0.76 (0.41–1.38)
 After 4 years 1.01 (0.79–1.28) 0.97 (0.76–1.24) 1.22 (0.94–1.60) 1.06 (0.47–2.36)
 Low strain 0.64 (0.50–0.82) 0.62 (0.48–0.80) 0.79 (0.61–1.03) 1.02 (0.45–2.30)
 Passive 0.76 (0.59–0.98) 0.75 (0.58–0.98) 0.88 (0.68–1.16) 1.07 (0.45–2.54)
 Active 0.78 (0.62–0.96) 0.81 (0.64–1.02) 0.94 (0.74–1.19) 0.89 (0.43–1.82)
 Strain 0.88 (0.65–1.18) 0.83 (0.61–1.13) 0.98 (0.71–1.35) 0.84 (0.32–2.21)
 Iso-strain ref ref ref ref

Statistically significant HRs are marked in bold