Changes in cortisol concentrations | Difference in the change in cortisol concentration between participants with long-term sickness absence and no-long term sickness absence (reference). | |||||
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No long-term sickness absence | Long-term sickness absence | Crude difference | 95% CI | Adjusteda difference | 95% CI | |
Morning cortisolb | 2.25 | 2.36 | 0.11 | −1.40-1.62 | −0.38 | −1.90-1.15 |
Evening cortisolb | 0.39 | 0.31 | −0.08 | −0.49-0.33 | −0.19 | −0.61-0.22 |
Morning-to-evening slopec | −1.76 | −1.85 | −0.09 | −1.60-1.42 | 0.21 | −1.39-1.80 |