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. 2021 Oct 14;64(1):e1–e7. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002415

TABLE 4.

Association Between Lifestyle, Occupational Factors, and Sickness Presenteeism

Age-Sex Adjusted Multivariate
OR 95% CI P OR 95% CI P
Smoking status
 Non-smoker Reference Reference
 Ex-smoker 1.06 0.97 1.16 0.189 1.06 0.97 1.16 0.207
 Current smoker 1.26 1.17 1.36 <0.001 1.25 1.16 1.35 <0.001
Drinking habit
 6–7 days a week 0.96 0.88 1.05 0.337 0.98 0.90 1.07 0.674
 4–5 days a week 0.91 0.80 1.03 0.142 0.94 0.83 1.06 0.301
 2–3 days a week 0.96 0.87 1.06 0.385 0.98 0.89 1.08 0.677
 Less than 1 day a week 0.88 0.80 0.96 0.004 0.89 0.81 0.97 0.008
 Hardly ever Reference Reference
How often do you eat breakfast?
 6–7 days a week Reference Reference
 4–5 days a week 1.43 1.29 1.59 <0.001 1.41 1.27 1.57 <0.001
 2–3 days a week 1.71 1.52 1.93 <0.001 1.68 1.49 1.90 <0.001
 Less than 1 day a week 1.72 1.50 1.97 <0.001 1.70 1.49 1.95 <0.001
 Hardly ever 1.54 1.42 1.66 <0.001 1.49 1.38 1.62 <0.001
Time spent on one-way commute (excluding time spent at home)
 More than 2 hours 1.35 1.11 1.66 0.003 1.45 1.18 1.77 <0.001
 More than 1 hour 1.06 0.95 1.19 0.272 1.13 1.01 1.27 0.029
 More than 30 minutes 0.92 0.83 1.01 0.086 0.96 0.87 1.06 0.386
 Less than 30 minutes 0.79 0.73 0.87 <0.001 0.81 0.73 0.88 <0.001
 Almost none Reference Reference
Overtime work
 More than 2 hours 2.39 2.16 2.64 <0.001 2.53 2.28 2.80 <0.001
 More than 1 hour 1.67 1.53 1.83 <0.001 1.75 1.60 1.91 <0.001
 More than 30 minutes 1.45 1.32 1.58 <0.001 1.50 1.37 1.64 <0.001
 Less than 30 minutes 1.15 1.05 1.28 0.005 1.19 1.07 1.31 0.001
 Almost none Reference Reference

95% CI, 95% confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.

The multivariate model was adjusted for sex, age, marital status, job type, equivalized income, and incidence rate of COVID-19 by prefecture.