Table 3.

Incidence rate ratios (IRRs) and their 95% CIs of registered disability days and unemployment days in women with PCOS during the 2-year follow-up period (730 days) starting from the 46-year survey. Among non-PCOS controls, IRR = 1.

	Disability days	Unemployment days
Unadjusted	1.77 (1.74–1.80)	1.52 (1.49–1.54)
Health-related adjustments
Self-rated health	1.38 (1.36–1.41)	1.40 (1.38–1.42)
BMI	1.59 (1.56–1.62)	1.42 (1.40–1.44)
Alcohol consumption	1.67 (1.64–1.70)	1.52 (1.50–1.54)
Smoking	1.70 (1.67–1.73)	1.43 (1.41–1.45)
Physical activity	1.75 (1.72–1.78)	1.52 (1.50–1.54)
Parity	1.64 (1.61–1.67)	1.50 (1.47–1.52)
Socioeconomic adjustments
Residential area	1.78 (1.75–1.81)	1.49 (1.47–1.51)
Marital status	1.80 (1.77–1.83)	1.55 (1.52–1.57)
Education	1.64 (1.61–1.67)	1.46 (1.44–1.49)
Employment history	1.66 (1.63–1.69)	1.44 (1.42–1.47)
Employment status at age 46	1.19 (1.17–1.21)	1.09 (1.07–1.11)
aModel 1	1.29 (1.26–1.31)	1.29 (1.27–1.31)
bModel 2	1.63 (1.60–1.66)	1.44 (1.41–1.46)
cModel 3	1.19 (1.17–1.21)	1.09 (1.07–1.11)
dModel 4	1.25 (1.22–1.27)	1.26 (1.23–1.28)

^aModel 1: health-related adjustments: BMI, self-rated health, alcohol consumption, smoking, physical activity, parity; ^bModel 2: socioeconomic adjustments: residential area, education, marital status, employment history; ^cModel 3: employment status at age 46; ^dModel 4: all: BMI, self-rated health, alcohol consumption, smoking, physical activity, parity, day 1 status, residential area, education, marital status, employment history.