Associations between partial sickness benefit and disability pensions: initial findings of a Finnish nationwide register study

Table 5 Odds Ratios for associations between characteristics of participants and disability pensions among men (multinomial regression analysis).

Men (n = 13 100)
		Partial disability pension		Full disability pension
	n	Odds Ratio	95%CI	Odds Ratio	95%CI
Crude
Type of sick leave
Full sick leave	12 817	1.0		1.0
Partial sick leave	283	3.5	(2.3 - 5.3)	0.4	(0.3 - 0.6)
Fully adjusted
Type of sick leave
Full sick leave	12 815	1.0		1.0
Partial sick leave	276	2.0	(1.2 - 3.2)	0.2	(0.1 - 0.3)
Age, years
- 34	2 304	1.0		1.0
35 - 44	2 636	6.2	(1.9 - 20.8)	1.0	(0.8 - 1.2)
45 - 54	4 143	33.2	(10.5 - 104.5)	2.3	(2.0 - 2.8)
55 - 67	4 008	46.3	(14.6 - 146.2)	5.7	(4.8 - 6.8)
Diagnostic group
Traumas	3 266	1.0		1.0
Mental disorders	3 045	3.2	(2.1 - 4.7)	3.4	(2.9 - 3.9)
Musculoskeletal disorders	6 147	2.4	(1.7 - 3.5)	1.5	(1.3 - 1.8)
Tumours	633	1.0	(0.5 - 2.0)	1.5	(1.1 - 1.9)
Gross income, €/year
60 001 -	295	1.0		1.0
30 001 - 60 000	3 707	0.8	(0.4 - 1.6)	1.5	(1.1 - 2.2)
- 30 000	9 089	1.1	(0.6 - 2.2)	1.9	(1.4 - 2.8)
Insurance district
Southern	4 490	1.0		1.0
Northern	1 702	1.3	(0.9 - 1.9)	1.3	(1.1 - 1.5)
Western	1 757	1.2	(0.8 - 1.7)	0.9	(0.8 - 1.1)
Eastern	1 994	0.9	(0.6 - 1.2)	1.1	(1.0 - 1.3)
South - Western	3 148	1.2	(0.9 - 1.7)	1.0	(0.9 - 1.1)
Previous sickness absence + baseline sick leave, days
60 - 99	3 772	1.0		1.0
100 - 150	2 350	2.2	(1.4 - 3.4)	1.6	(1.2 - 2.2)
151 - 300	6 899	4.8	(3.4 - 6.9)	23.6	(19.1 - 29.1)
301 - 429	70	11.2	(4.6 - 27.5)	26.6	(14.2 - 50.0)

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