Table 4.

Risk of all-cause disability pension among subjects with metabolic syndrome (MetS), adjusted for potential explanatory and mediating factors at baseline. Risks are given as hazard ratios (HR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI).

Model	Men (N=7507)		Women (N=3296)		Total (N=10 803)
	HR	95% CI	HR	95% CI	HR	95% CI
Age (and sex)-adjusted base model a	1.66	1.41–1.94	1.58	1.23–2.04	1.63	1.43–1.87
Adjusted for socio-demographic factors b	1.58	1.35–1.85	1.48	1.14–1.91	1.55	1.35–1.77
Adjusted for health behaviors c	1.55	1.32–1.83	1.53	1.18–1.98	1.55	1.36–1.78
Adjusted for work-related factors d	1.61	1.37–1.90	1.56	1.20–2.04	1.60	1.40–1.84
Adjusted for non-MetS-related factors e	1.55	1.31–1.83	1.51	1.15–1.97	1.54	1.34–1.78
Adjusted for diabetes and obesity f	1.44	1.21–1.71	1.35	1.02–1.78	1.41	1.22–1.63
Adjusted for all above factors g	1.40	1.17–1.69	1.31	0.98–1.76	1.37	1.18–1.60

^aModel 1: age (sex) at inclusion in the study.

^bModel 2: age (sex), region, job level, low education, university education, civil status (all factors significant).

^cModel 3: age (sex), ever-smoking, low exercise, regular exercise (all factors significant).

^dModel 4: age (sex), low control (according to the demand-control model), low physical workload, high physical workload at work (all factors significant).

^eModel 5: age (sex), region, job level, low education, university studies, civil status, ever-smoking, low exercise, regular exercise, low control at work (according to the demand-control model), low physical workload at work, high physical workload at work (most factors significant).

^fModel 6: age (sex), diabetes and obesity (all factors significant).

^gModel 7: age (sex), region, low education, university studies, civil status, ever-smoking, low exercise, regular exercise, low control at work (according to the demand-control model), low physical workload at work, high physical workload at work, diabetes and obesity (most factors significant).