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

Table 3 Relative risk (RR) of premature death from circulatory diseases among women and men on sick leave with adjustments in four models and in a fifth model with two years wash-out period

Sex	Sick-leave days¹	Number of deaths	Model I	Model II	Model III	Model IV	Model V
Women	0	6 366	1 (REF)	1 (REF)	1 (REF)	1 (REF)	1 (REF)
	1-15	520	1.20 (1.10-1.31)	1.19 (1.08-1.30)	1.08 (0.99-1.19)	1.07 (0.98-1.17)	1.11 (1.01-1.22)
	16-75	697	1.54 (1.42-1.67)	1.52 (1.41-1.64)	1.26 (1.16-1.37)	1.25 (1.16-1.36)	1.28 (1.18-1.40)
	76-165	319	1.92 (1.72-2.15)	1.89 (1.69-2.11)	1.43 (1.27-1.60)	1.42 (1.26-1.59)	1.40 (1.23-1.58)
	166-365	552	2.74 (2.51-2.99)	2.59 (2.37-2.82)	1.87 (1.71-2.05)	1.80 (1.64-1.97)	1.84 (1.67-2.03)
Men	0	19 632	1 (REF)	1 (REF)	1 (REF)	1 (REF)	1 (REF)
	1-15	1 331	1.38 (1.31-1.46)	1.32 (1.25-1.39)	1.18 (1.11-1.24)	1.13 (1.07-1.20)	1.15 (1.08-1.22)
	16-75	1 751	1.78 (1.70-1.87)	1.69 (1.61-1.78)	1.31 (1.24-1.38)	1.26 (1.19-1.32)	1.28 (1.21-1.35)
	76-165	866	2.24 (2.09-2.40)	2.12 (1.98-2.27)	1.41 (1.32-1.52)	1.36 (1.26-1.45)	1.37 (1.27-1.48)
	166-365	1 526	2.90 (2.75-3.05)	2.69 (2.56-2.84)	1.73 (1.63-1.83)	1.63 (1.54-1.72)	1.62 (1.53-1.72)

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

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