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

Table 5 Relative risk (RR) of premature death from suicide 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	1 461	1 (REF)	1 (REF)	1 (REF)	1 (REF)	1 (REF)
	1-15	163	1.54 (1.31-1.81)	1.52 (1.29-1.79)	1.30 (1.11-1.53)	1.29 (1.10-1.52)	1.27 (1.06-1.52)
	16-75	256	2.65 (2.32-3.03)	2.60 (2.28-2.97)	1.85 (1.61-2.13)	1.84 (1.60-2.11)	1.70 (1.46-1.99)
	76-165	158	4.77 (4.05-5.62)	4.64 (3.93-5.47)	2.55 (2.14-3.02)	2.51 (2.12-2.99)	2.38 (1.95-2.89)
	166-365	257	7.13 (6.24-8.15)	6.77 (5.92-7.74)	2.90 (2.50-3.36)	2.83 (2.44-3.28)	2.64 (2.23-3.13)
Men	0	4 768	1 (REF)	1 (REF)	1 (REF)	1 (REF)	1 (REF)
	1-15	415	1.91 (1.73-2.12)	1.80 (1.62-1.99)	1.54 (1.39-1.70)	1.47 (1.33-1.62)	1.46 (1.31-1.64)
	16-75	497	2.54 (2.32-2.79)	2.36 (2.15-2.59)	1.69 (1.53-1.86)	1.62 (1.47-1.78)	1.60 (1.44-1.78)
	76-165	295	4.22 (3.75-4.75)	3.91 (3.47-4.40)	2.27 (2.01-2.57)	2.18 (1.93-2.46)	2.16 (1.88-2.48)
	166-365	439	4.99 (4.52-5.50)	4.57 (4.14-5.04)	2.28 (2.05-2.54)	2.20 (1.98-2.45)	1.97 (1.74-2.24)

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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