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

Table 5 Alcohol use among Finns in the Health 2000 Survey in association with the occurrence of first subsequent sickness absence lasting over 10 days in 2000−2010, certified for musculoskeletal- and mental disorders. Diagnoses in 2000-2003 were based on a random sample

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=416)
Lifelong abstainer	29	1.34	0.89, 2.01	1.30	0.86, 1.95	1.28	0.85, 1.92
Former drinker	75	1.63	1.23, 2.17	1.51	1.13, 2.02	1.50	1.16, 2.07
Light drinker	127	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference
Moderate drinker	94	1.35	1.04, 1.76	1.28	0.98, 1.68	1.25	0.96, 1.63
High-volume drinker	51	1.76	1.24, 2.49	1.55	1.09, 2.21	1.52	1.07, 2.17
Participants with alcohol use disorder	40	3.65	2.53, 5.28	3.16	2.17, 4.60	2.37	1.62, 3.48
For musculoskeletal disorders (N=841)
Lifelong abstainer	49	0.85	0.63, 1.15	0.80	0.59, 1.08	0.75	0.55, 1.02
Former drinker	143	1.31	1.07, 1.59	1.16	0.95, 1.42	1.19	0.98, 1.45
Light drinker	328	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference
Moderate drinker	207	1.00	0.84, 1.20	0.96	0.80, 1.14	0.94	0.79, 1.12
High-volume drinker	72	0.80	0.60, 1.05	0.75	0.56, 1.00	0.74	0.56, 1.01
Participants with alcohol use disorder	42	1.24	0.89, 1.71	1.17	0.84, 1.63	1.12	0.81, 1.57

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