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Table 4 Multivariate associations between characteristics of both cancer and heart attack survivors (≤ 5 years after diagnosis or attack) and employment status (not at work; at work) at two-year follow-up

From: Cancer and heart attack survivors’ expectations of employment status: results from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Characteristics

Employment status (not at work; at work)

Cancer; N = 132a

Heart attack; N = 60a

OR (95% CI)

P-value

OR (95% CI)

P-value

Gender

 Female

x

x

0.03 (0.00–0.57)

0.018

 Male

  

Ref.

 

General health

 Fair

0.31 (0.13–0.76)

0.010

x

x

 Very good

Ref.

   

Expectation of being at work after certain age

 50–100%

x

x

10.68 (1.23–93.92)

0.033

 0 – ≤ 50%

  

Ref.

 
  1. aOnly women ≤59 and men ≤64 years of age are included. Missing values were imputed with the mean of the other cases