Skip to main content

Table 4 Hazard ratios (HR) for disability pension due to mental diagnoses, discordant twin pairs

From: A prospective cohort study of disability pension due to mental diagnoses: the importance of health factors and behaviors

Self-rated health and health behaviors

Discordant twin pairs HR (95% CI)

Monozygotic & dizygotic1 (n=229)

Monozygotic2 (n=95)

Dizygotic3 (n=134)

Self-rated health

Good

1.00

1.00

1.00

Moderate

1.70 (1.04-2.78)

1.73 (0.76-3.95)

1.68 (0.91-3.13)

Poor

5.65 (2.81-11.4)

8.21 (2.37-28.5)

4.57 (1.95-10.7)

Leisure-time physical activity

High

1.00 (0.49-2.06)

0.80 (0.21-2.98)

1.23 (0.52-3.01)

Moderate

1.00

1.00

1.00

Low

1.00 (0.54-1.84)

1.00 (0.35-2.85)

1.03 (0.49-2.18)

Body mass index

Underweight

1.88 (0.44-8.01)

1.00 (0.06-15.7)

2.44 (0.43-13.9)

Normal weight

1.00

1.00

1.00

Overweight

2.48 (1.43-4.30)

1.98 (0.84-4.64)

2.96 (1.42-6.15)

Obesity

2.28 (0.88-5.87)

2.61 (0.38-18.3)

2.25 (0.75-6.74)

Tobacco use

Never tried

1.00

1.00

1.00

Former

1.38 (0.44-4.25)

0.71 (0.13-3.92)

2.17 (0.44-10.7)

Current occasional

0.77 (0.40-1.47)

0.98 (0.35-2.77)

0.70 (0.30-1.65)

Current regular

1.06 (0.53-2.11)

1.10 (0.38-3.17)

1.11 (0.44-2.76)

Alcohol consumption

Abstainer

2.17 (1.06–4.45)

1.93 (0.54-6.96)

2.63 (1.05–6.62)

Light frequent

1.00

1.00

1.00

Moderate frequent

1.24 (0.53-2.91)

0.46 (0.11-1.87)

2.70 (0.81-9.02)

Heavy frequent

0.48 (0.12-1.90)

Not enough pairs

0.46 (0.09-2.36)

Light infrequent

3.67 (0.91-14.8)

2.80 (0.24-32.6)

3.98 (0.71-22.4)

Moderate infrequent

1.03 (0.55-1.93)

0.52 (0.18-1.49)

1.71 (0.75-3.91)

Heavy infrequent

2.10 (0.99-4.46)

1.09 (0.33-3.53)

3.61 (1.28–10.2)

  1. 1Adjusted for age, sex, genetics (50-100%) and shared environment (100%).
  2. 2Adjusted for age, sex, genetics (100%) and shared environment (100%).
  3. 3Adjusted for age, sex, genetics (50%) and shared environment (100%).