Table 4.

Associations between potential risk factors (PAFs) and sickness absence due to a shoulder lesion

		All			Men			Women
		HR*	95% CI	PAF	HR†	95% CI	PAF	HR†	95% CI	PAF
Age (at baseline) (years)
	30–39	1.00			1.00			1.00
	40–49	2.10	1.56 to 2.83		1.99	1.27 to 3.13		2.23	1.50 to 3.31
	50–62	3.85	2.53 to 5.85		4.78	2.63 to 8.69		3.07	1.69 to 5.57
BMI (kg/m2)
	Normal (<25)	1.00			1.00			1.00
	Overweight (25.0–29.9)	1.30	0.97 to 1.73		1.43	0.90 to 2.28		1.28	0.88 to 1.86
	Obese (≥30)	1.36	0.96 to 1.93		2.18	1.29 to 3.68	0.30	0.91	0.56 to 1.48
Chronic disease
	No	1.00			1.00			1.00
	Yes	1.28	0.98 to 1.66		1.13	0.75 to 1.69		1.40	0.99 to 1.97
Daily smoking				0.16			0.14			0.15
	No	1.00			1.00			1.00
	Yes	1.69	1.30 to 2.19		1.51	1.02 to 2.24		1.81	1.28 to 2.58
Cumulative exposure to physically heavy work (years)				0.18	0.19					0.23
	<10	1.00			1.00			1.00
	>10	1.73	1.26 to 2.38		1.23	0.75 to 2.03		2.16	1.43 to 3.25
Number of exposers with time of exposure >10 years				0.26	0.31					0.22
	None	1.00			1.00			1.00
	One	1.28	0.86 to 1.91		0.64	0.26 to 1.56		1.59	0.99 to 2.54
	Two to four	2.04	1.43 to 2.91		2.50	1.45 to 4.30	0.34	1.82	1.13 to 2.93
Overall PAF				0.49			0.60			0.49

HRs and their 95% CI are adjusted.

Adjusted HRs with 95% CI and PAFs.

Adjusted HRs with 95% CIs and PAFs.

The bolded values are statistically significant.

*For gender and all variables in the table.

†For all variables in the table.

BMI, body mass index.