Background
Methods
Outcome variable: long-term sickness absence
Lifestyle factors
Confounders
Statistical analyses
Results
Long-term Sickness Absence | |||
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Variable | N | Mean (2.5-97.5 percentile) | Event (%) |
Baseline 2005 (n = 7401)
| |||
Age | 7401 | 45.2 (24–60) | |
Seniority (years working as health care worker)a
| 7306 | 9.0 (1–28) | |
Occupational type: | |||
Care helpers | 4595 | 824 (11.2) | |
Care assistants | 1304 | 198 (2.7) | |
Unskilled care helpers | 162 | 24 (0.3) | |
Registered nurses | 936 | 106 (1.4) | |
Therapists and activity workers | 404 | 46 (0.6) | |
Physical activityb: | |||
Sedentary | 305 | 60 (19.7) | |
Light activity | 3028 | 518 (17.2) | |
Moderate activity | 3604 | 555 (15.4) | |
Hard activity | 341 | 40 (11.8) | |
Smoking statusc: | |||
Never smoker | 2817 | 395 (14.1) | |
Ex-smoker | 1778 | 274 (15.5) | |
Current smoker | 2724 | 511 (18.8) | |
BMI (kg/m2)d
| 7066 | 24.9 (18.7 - 35.6) | |
BMI categoryd: | |||
Underweight (<18.5 kg/m2) | 140 | 21 (15.1) | |
Normal weight (18.5-24.9 kg/m2) | 4021 | 573 (14.3) | |
Overweight (25–29.9 kg/m2) | 2059 | 357 (17.4) | |
Obese (>30 kg/m2) | 846 | 184 (21.9) | |
Previous long-term sickness absence: | |||
Yes | 1045 | 293 (28.1) | |
No | 6356 | 905 (14.3) |
N | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | |||||
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Variable | HR (95% CI) | P-value* | HR (95% CI) | P-value* | HR (95% CI) | P-value* | HR (95% CI) | P-value* | |
Leisure-time physical activity |
0.0086
| 0.0844 |
0.0420
| 0.0602 | |||||
Sedentary | 305 | 1.34 (1.02-1.75) | 1.28 (0.97-1.68) | 1.34 (1.02-1.77) | 1.35 (1.02-1.78) | ||||
Light | 3028 | 1.13 (1.00-1.28) | 1.09 (0.96-1.23) | 1.09 (0.96-1.24) | 1.08 (0.95-1.22) | ||||
Moderate | 3604 | 1.00 - | 1.00 - | 1.00 - | 1.00 - | ||||
Vigorous | 341 | 0.77 (0.56-1.06) | 0.81 (0.58-1.12) | 0.79 (0.56-1.10) | 0.80 (0.57-1.13) | ||||
Missings
|
123
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Smoking |
<.0001
|
<.0001
|
0.0045
|
0.0066
| |||||
Never smoker | 2817 | 1.00 - | 1.00 - | 1.00 - | 1.00 - | ||||
Former smoker | 1778 | 1.09 (0.93-1.27) | 1.05 (0.89-1.23) | 1.01 (0.86-1.19) | 1.00 (0.84-1.18) | ||||
Current smoker | 2724 | 1.33 (1.17-1.52) | 1.35 (1.17-1.54) | 1.24 (1.08-1.44) | 1.23 (1.06-1.42) | ||||
Missings
|
82
| ||||||||
BMI |
<.0001
|
<.0001
|
<.0001
|
<.0001
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1 point lower BMI below 18.5 | 140 | 1.35 (1.08-1.69) | 1.32 (1.06-1.66) | 1.31 (1.04-1.66) | 1.33 (1.05-1.69) | ||||
1 point higher BMI above 18.5 | 6926 | 1.04 (1.03-1.05) | 1.04 (1.03-1.06) | 1.04 (1.02-1.05) | 1.03 (1.02-1.05) | ||||
Missings
|
335
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LTSA |
<.0001
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PreviousLTSA | 7401 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2.02 (1.75-2.33) |