Table 2.

Hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals for the risk of long-term sickness absence during follow-up from use of micro-exercise during and outside of working hours.

Using micro-exercise	N	Weighted percentage	HR (95% CI)
			Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
No	62,652	90.2%	1	1	1
During working hours	6750	8.8%	0.80 (0.71–0.89)	0.86 (0.77–0.96)	0.81 (0.68–0.95)
Outside working hours	728	1.0%	0.91 (0.68–1.21)	0.90 (0.67–1.20)	1.02 (0.67–1.57)

Significant findings are marked in bold.

Model 1: Controlled for age, sex, education, survey year.

Model 2: Controlled for age, sex, education, survey year, lifestyle (BMI, smoking, leisure physical activity), psychosocial work factors (work-life balance and influence at work), depressive symptoms (MDI), and pain frequency.

Model 3: Sensitivity analysis of model 2, including only healthy individuals at baseline (normal MDI score, monthly or less frequent pain)(n = 45,570).