Alcohol use and sickness absence due to all causes and mental- or musculoskeletal disorders: a nationally representative study

Table 4 Alcohol use among Finns in the Health 2000 Survey in association with the occurrence of first subsequent sickness absence lasting over 10 days in 2004 − 2010, certified for mental and musculoskeletal disorders

Adjusted for following baseline characteristics:		Model 1 Age		Model 2 Age, marital status, education, other health behavior and occupational factors		Model 3 All aforementioned, musculoskeletal and mental disorders and other diseases/disorders
Reference = 1	Events	HR^a	95% CI^b	HR^a	95% CI^b	HR^a	95% CI^b
For mental disorders (N = 336)
Lifelong abstainer	19	1.06	0.65, 1.72	1.09	0.67, 1.79	1.10	0.67, 1.80
Former drinker	63	1.61	1.18, 2.19	1.56	1.14, 2.14	1.57	1.15, 2.15
Light drinker	109	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference
Moderate drinker	82	1.28	0.95, 1.71	1.23	0.92, 1.65	1.19	0.89, 1.59
High-volume drinker	35	1.70	1.16, 2.50	1.57	1.06, 2.33	1.52	1.03, 2.25
Participants with alcohol use disorder	28	3.05	1.98, 4.68	2.81	1.82, 4.35	2.16	1.39, 3.35
For musculoskeletal disorders (N = 737)
Lifelong abstainer	44	0.89	0.65, 1.23	0.87	0.63, 1.19	0.89	0.64, 1.23
Former drinker	127	1.29	1.05, 1.59	0.18	0.97, 1.48	1.21	0.98, 1.49
Light drinker	288	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference
Moderate drinker	190	1.00	0.84, 1.20	0.95	0.79, 1.15	0.94	0.78, 1.14
High-volume drinker	49	0.77	0.57, 1.04	0.74	0.55, 1.01	0.74	0.54, 1.00
Participants with alcohol use disorder	39	1.26	0.90, 1.77	1.28	0.91, 1.63	1.23	0.87, 1.74

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