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Table 3 Risk of not being currently employed associated with chronic conditions, adjusting for sociodemographic, health and lifestyle factors, from multivariate log-Poisson regressions*
| Overall | Female | Male | |
|---|---|---|---|
| N = 71272 | N = 37697 | N = 33575 | |
| PR (95% CI) | PR (95% CI) | PR (95% CI) | |
| Chronic condition | |||
| None | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Back problem and arthritis | 1.43 (1.30, 1.58)† | 1.31 (1.18, 1.46)† | 1.90 (1.58, 2.29)† |
| Back problem | 1.13 (1.04, 1.23)† | 1.05 (0.95, 1.16) | 1.35 (1.15, 1.58)† |
| Arthritis | 1.22 (1.11, 1.33)† | 1.22 (1.11, 1.34)† | 1.29 (1.08, 1.54)† |
| Other chronic condition(s) | 1.19 (1.11, 1.27)† | 1.09 (1.01, 1.17)† | 1.41 (1.22, 1.63)† |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 1.00 | ||
| Female | 2.28 (2.14, 2.43)† | ||
| Age | |||
| 25-34 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 35-44 | 0.89 (0.80, 0.99)† | 0.86 (0.77, 0.95)† | 1.02 (0.77, 1.35) |
| 45-54 | 0.94 (0.84, 1.05) | 0.79 (0.70, 0.90)† | 1.69 (1.31, 2.19)† |
| 55-64 | 2.86 (2.60, 3.14)† | 2.19 (1.98, 2.42)† | 6.35 (5.10, 7.91)† |
| Education | |||
| < Secondary grad | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Secondary grad | 0.69 (0.64, 0.75)† | 0.68 (0.62, 0.74)† | 0.68 (0.56, 0.81)† |
| Some post-secondary | 0.64 (0.57, 0.72)† | 0.58 (0.50, 0.67)† | 0.78 (0.62, 0.98)† |
| Post-secondary | 0.48 (0.44, 0.52)† | 0.44 (0.40, 0.48)† | 0.58 (0.51, 0.67)† |
| BMI | |||
| Underweight/normal | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Overweight | 0.86 (0.81, 0.92)† | 0.89 (0.83, 0.96)† | 0.84 (0.75, 0.94)† |
| Obese | 0.96 (0.89, 1.03) | 0.95 (0.88, 1.04) | 1.04 (0.89, 1.21) |
| Smoking status | |||
| Never | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Current | 0.97 (0.90, 1.05) | 0.92 (0.84, 1.00) | 1.13 (0.95, 1.34) |
| Former | 0.97 (0.91, 1.04) | 0.95 (0.88, 1.02) | 1.02 (0.87, 1.20) |
| Alcohol consumption | |||
| Non-drinker | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Regular | 0.53 (0.49, 0.57)† | 0.53 (0.49, 0.58)† | 0.56 (0.48, 0.65)† |
| Occasional | 0.68 (0.63, 0.74)† | 0.69 (0.63, 0.75)† | 0.72 (0.59, 0.88)† |
| Physical activity | |||
| Active | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Moderately active | 0.86 (0.80, 0.92)† | 0.97 (0.90, 1.06) | 0.66 (0.58, 0.76)† |
| Inactive | 0.74 (0.69, 0.79)† | 0.84 (0.77, 0.91)† | 0.57 (0.50, 0.64)† |
| Living arrangement | |||
| Single, with/without others | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| With partner | 1.10 (1.02, 1.18)† | 1.33 (1.23, 1.45)† | 0.72 (0.65, 0.81)† |
| With children | 1.14 (1.05, 1.23)† | 1.53 (1.40, 1.67)† | 0.50 (0.42, 0.60)† |
| Other | 1.00 (0.88, 1.13) | 1.16 (1.01, 1.34)† | 0.79 (0.63, 1.00)† |
