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Table 4 Odds ratios for new sickness absence following a bicycle crash, by crash and injury characteristics1, 2

From: Bicycle crashes and sickness absence - a population-based Swedish register study of all individuals of working ages

  

Sociodemographics

Crash and injury characteristics

Crash, injury, and sociodemographic characteristics

  

Crude

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

Model 5

All at risk of SA 

n (% SA)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

Crash type

 Single

5843 (19.6)

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 Collision with pedestrian, animal, or other bicycle

396 (20.7)

1.07 (0.83–1.38)

1.06 (0.81–1.37)

 

1.14 (0.86–1.50)

 

1.13 (0.85–1.51)

 Collision with motor vehicle

656 (21.2)

1.10 (0.90–1.34)

1.11 (0.90–1.36)

 

1.33 (1.07–1.67)

 

1.37 (1.08–1.73)

Healthcare

 Only specialized out-patient healthcare

5767 (15.2)

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 In-patient healthcare ≤1 day

573 (26.7)

2.03 (1.66–2.47)

2.05 (1.66–2.52)

2.04 (1.67–2.49)

 

2.06 (1.67–2.54)

 

 In-patient healthcare > 1 day

555 (60.4)

8.47 (7.04–10.18)

7.51 (6.18–9.13)

8.51 (7.07–10.24)

 

7.54 (6.20–9.17)

 

Type of injury

 Fracture

2465 (37.7)

9.60 (8.03–11.48)

9.48 (7.88–11.4)

9.85 (8.23–11.79)

8.27 (6.85–9.99)

9.74 (8.09–11.73)

8.04 (6.62–9.77)

 Dislocation

309 (25.6)

5.44 (4.03–7.35)

5.24 (3.83–7.16)

5.70 (4.21–7.71)

4.77 (3.48–6.54)

5.48 (4.00–7.49)

4.36 (3.15–6.05)

 Sprains and strains

609 (13.1)

2.40 (1.80–3.18)

2.55 (1.90–3.41)

2.46 (1.85–3.27)

1.64 (1.22–2.20)

2.62 (1.96–3.51)

1.77 (1.31–2.40)

 Internal

651 (15.8)

2.98 (2.29–3.88)

3.01 (2.29–3.94)

3.01 (2.31–3.92)

7.28 (3.72–14.22)

3.04 (2.32–3.99)

7.34 (3.67–14.66)

 External

2712 (5.9)

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 Other and unspecified

149 (9.4)

1.64 (0.93–2.91)

1.66 (0.93–2.98)

1.57 (0.88–2.79)

2.84 (1.54–5.24)

1.62 (0.90–2.90)

2.83 (1.51–5.31)

Body region

 Traumatic brain injury, not concussion

93 (45.2)

11.00 (6.95–17.41)

9.47 (5.86–15.3)

10.95 (6.91–17.34)

3.19 (1.43–7.09)

9.40 (5.81–15.20)

2.72 (1.19–6.22)

 Concussion

512 (9.0)

1.32 (0.91–1.91)

1.36 (0.93–1.97)

1.32 (0.91–1.91)

0.39 (0.18–0.83)

1.36 (0.93–1.98)

0.38 (0.18–0.83)

vOther head, face and neck

1335 (7.0)

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 Vertebral column and spinal cord

144 (40.3)

9.01 (6.07–13.36)

9.20 (6.09–13.91)

8.89 (5.98–13.22)

3.65 (2.37–5.63)

9.06 (5.98–13.72)

3.53 (2.24–5.55)

 Torso

482 (18.5)

3.02 (2.21–4.13)

2.67 (1.94–3.67)

3.00 (2.20–4.11)

1.73 (1.23–2.45)

2.66 (1.93–3.66)

1.48 (1.04–2.11)

 Upper extremities

2956 (24.8)

4.40 (3.51–5.52)

4.45 (3.53–5.62)

4.42 (3.53–5.55)

2.07 (1.61–2.65)

4.48 (3.55–5.65)

2.09 (1.61–2.70)

 Lower extremities

1270 (23.9)

4.20 (3.28–5.38)

4.05 (3.14–5.22)

4.20 (3.28–5.38)

3.13 (2.39–4.09)

4.05 (3.14–5.22)

2.81 (2.12–3.72)

 Other and unspecified

103 (1.9)

0.26 (0.06–1.09)

0.29 (0.07–1.19)

0.26 (0.06–1.08)

0.29 (0.07–1.28)

0.29 (0.07–1.18)

0.29 (0.07–1.29)

  1. 1N = 6895, i.e. excluding those already on SA or full-time disability pension, among all individuals in Sweden of working ages who in 2010 had a new bicycle crash leading to in- or specialized out-patient healthcare
  2. 2Abbreviations: SA Sickness absence, OR Odds ratios, CI Confidence intervals
  3. Model 1, adjusted for: Age, Sex, Level of education, Country of birth, Type of living area, Marital status
  4. Model 2, adjusted for: Crash type
  5. Model 3, adjusted for: Crash type, Type of injury, Body region
  6. Model 4, adjusted for: factors as in model 1 as well as, Crash type
  7. Model 5, adjusted for: factors as in model 4 as well as, Type of injury, Body region