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Table 2 Relative risk (RR) for all-cause mortality among women and men on sick leave with adjustments in four models and in a fifth model with two years wash-out period

From: Associations between number of sick-leave days and future all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a population-based cohort study

Sex

Sick-leave days1

Number of deaths

Model I

Model II

Model III

Model IV

Model V

Women

0

35 833

1 (REF)

1 (REF)

1 (REF)

1 (REF)

1 (REF)

 

1-15

3 086

1.24 (1.19-1.28)

1.23 (1.18-1.27)

1.11 (1.07-1.16)

1.11 (1.07-1.15)

1.11 (1.07-1.15)

 

16-75

4 139

1.62 (1.57-1.67)

1.61 (1.56-1.66)

1.28 (1.24-1.32)

1.27 (1.23-1.32)

1.25 (1.21-1.30)

 

76-165

2 242

2.42 (2.32-2.53)

2.39 (2.29-2.50)

1.81 (1.73-1.89)

1.79 (1.71-1.87)

1.60 (1.52-1.68)

 

166-365

3 878

3.48 (3.37-3.60)

3.38 (3.27-3.50)

2.50 (2.42-2.59)

2.45 (2.36-2.53)

1.97 (1.89-2.05)

Men

0

63 407

1 (REF)

1 (REF)

1 (REF)

1 (REF)

1 (REF)

 

1-15

4 556

1.47 (1.42-1.51)

1.41 (1.37-1.45)

1.24 (1.21-1.28)

1.20 (1.17-1.24)

1.20 (1.16-1.24)

 

16-75

5 990

1.93 (1.88-1.99)

1.84 (1.80-1.89)

1.42 (1.38-1.46)

1.37 (1.33-1.41)

1.33 (1.29-1.37)

 

76-165

3 192

2.66 (2.56-2.75)

2.52 (2.44-2.62)

1.71 (1.65-1.78)

1.65 (1.59-1.71)

1.53 (1.46-1.59)

 

166-365

5 347

3.29 (3.20-3.39)

3.08 (3.00-3.17)

2.00 (1.95-2.07)

1.91 (1.85-1.97)

1.71 (1.65-1.77)

  1. 1Days reimbursed by the Social Insurance Agency, usually from the 15th day of a sick-leave spell.
  2. Model I: adjustment for age.
  3. Model II: adjustment for age and education, type of place of residence, and region of birth.
  4. Model III: adjustment for age, number of days in hospital (categorized).
  5. Model IV: adjustment for age, number of days in hospital (categorized), education, type of place of residence, and region of birth.
  6. Model V: model IV with two years wash-out period.