Table 2.

Probability of employment among salaried workers with a SA due to cancer (reference) and comparison groups adjusted individually by company characteristics and employment-related factors.

	Men			Women
	IRR	95% CI	p value	IRR	95% CI	p value
Crude
SA cancer	1			1
SA other diagnoses	1.09	(0.90‒1.32)	0.386	1.08	(0.95‒1.23)	0.234
No SA any diagnoses	1.25	(1.03‒1.52)	0.022*	1.10	(0.97‒1.25)	0.134
Individually adjusted by:
Contract type
SA other diagnoses	1.06	(0.89‒1.28)	0.503	1.08	(0.95‒1.22)	0.226
No SA any diagnoses	1.21	(1.01‒1.46)	0.037*	1.09	(0.96‒1.24)	0.167
Working time (% weekly hours)
SA other diagnoses	1.06	(0.88‒1.27)	0.564	1.08	(0.95‒1.22)	0.233
No SA any diagnoses	1.22	(1.02‒1.47)	0.032*	1.09	(0.97‒1.24)	0.161
Income (tertiles)
SA other diagnoses	1.12	(0.94‒1.35)	0.203	1.07	(0.95‒1.20)	0.253
No SA any diagnoses	1.30	(1.09‒1.56)	0.004**	1.11	(0.99‒1.25)	0.071
Occupational category
SA other diagnoses	1.05	(0.87‒1.27)	0.605	1.10	(0.97‒1.26)	0.134
No SA any diagnoses	1.20	(0.99‒1.45)	0.051	1.11	(0.98‒1.27)	0.101
Economic activity
SA other diagnoses	1.06	(0.88‒1.28)	0.533	1.07	(0.94‒1.21)	0.297
No SA any diagnoses	1.25	(1.04‒1.50)	0.020*	1.09	(0.96‒1.24)	0.164
Company size
SA other diagnoses	1.05	(0.88‒1.26)	0.594	1.07	(0.94‒1.21)	0.307
No SA any diagnoses	1.23	(1.02‒1.45)	0.026*	1.10	(0.97‒1.25)	0.141
Company ownership
SA other diagnoses	1.05	(0.87‒1.27)	0.585	1.11	(0.97‒1.26)	0.134
No SA any diagnoses	1.23	(1.02‒1.48)	0.034*	1.09	(0.95‒1.24)	0.220
Previous 5-year employment time (ratio)
SA other diagnoses	1.11	(0.91‒1.34)	0.299	1.07	(0.94‒1.21)	0.317
No SA any diagnoses	1.26	(1.04‒1.52)	0.018*	1.10	(0.97‒1.24)	0.155
Adjustment by all variables
SA other diagnoses	1.09	(0.91‒1.30)	0.376	1.10	(0.97‒1.24)	0.130
No SA any diagnoses	1.27	(1.06‒1.53)	0.009**	1.09	(0.97‒1.23)	0.162

SA, sickness absence; IRR, incidence rate ratio; CI, confidence interval.