Table 4.

Rate ratios of number of long-term sickness absence days (>14 days) by alcohol use, other lifestyle be haviours and working conditions. All models, adjusted for age and country of birth

	Men		Women
	RR	95% CI	RR	95% CI
Volume of consumption
Abstainers	2.18	1.15–4.13	2.46	1.74–3.47
Light drinkers	1.73	1.16–2.57	1.34	1.04–1.71
Moderate drinkers (ref.)	1.00		1.00
Heavy drinkers	1.69	1.05–2.74	1.54	1.01–2.36
HED
Abstainers	1.66	0.89–3.13	1.93	1.42–2.62
Drinkers with no HED (ref.)	1.00		1.00
HED 1–6 times/year	0.80	0.54–1.16	0.91	0.68–1.23
HED ≤3 times/month	1.38	0.80–2.38	1.02	0.70–1.48
HED > once a week	2.14	1.27–3.58	1.29	0.81–2.06
Daily smoking
Never daily smoker (ref.)	1.00		1.00
Former daily smoker	1.21	0.87–1.68	1.18	0.91–1.52
Daily smoker	2.29	1.25–4.19	1.66	1.27–2.16
BMI
Underweight, <18.49	0.55	0.09–3.36	1.15	0.64–2.05
Normal, 18.5–24.99 (ref.)	1.00		1.00
Overweight, 25–29.99	1.14	0.76–1.73	1.18	0.92–1.52
Obese, >30	1.53	1.01–2.34	1.47	1.08–2.02
Physical activity in leisure time
Frequently active (ref.)	1.00		1.00
Moderately active	1.58	1.10–2.27	1.26	1.01–1.57
Inactive	3.22	1.75–5.95	1.49	1.11–2.02
Physical working cond.
Sedentary (ref.)	1.00		1.00
Light	1.61	1.03–2.51	1.44	1.10–1.88
Moderate	2.31	1.53–3.48	1.86	1.44–2.41
Heavy	4.95	2.77–8.87	2.89	1.97–4.24
Job strain
Low strain (ref.)	1.00		1.00
Active	1.11	0.75–1.65	1.27	0.96–1.66
Passive	2.15	1.25–3.71	1.34	0.85–2.10
High strain	2.09	1.16–3.79	1.84	1.38–2.46

HED, heavy episodic drinking; BMI, body mass index.