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Table 3 HRs for LTSA in predicting diagnosis-specific DR by occupational class in men

From: From long-term sickness absence to disability retirement: diagnostic and occupational class differences within the working-age Finnish population

 

Diagnostic group of disability retirement

All-cause

Same diagnostic group1

Other diagnostic group2

LTSA diagnostic group

Occupational class

HR

CI

Sig.3

HR

CI

Sig.

HR

CI

Sig.

Musculoskeletal diseases

All occupational classes

3.14

3.05–3.24

 

5.30

5.10–5.50

 

1.61

1.49–1.76

 

Upper non-manual employees

3.58

3.11–4.11

(ref.)

8.76

7.00–10.96

(ref.)

2.47

2.07–2.96

(ref.)

Lower non-manual employees

3.17

2.00–3.45

 

6.35

5.63–7.15

**

1.87

1.64–2.12

 

Manual workers

2.46

2.37–2.56

***

3.63

3.45–3.81

***

1.61

1.52–1.71

***

Self-employed

3.31

3.02–3.62

 

5.73

5.09–6.47

***

1.91

1.66–2.20

 

Mental disorders

All occupational classes

3.40

3.22–3.59

 

11.00

10.2–11.8

 

1.92

1.83–2.01

 

Upper non-manual employees

5.70

5.00–6.52

(ref.)

13.64

11.65–15.95

(ref.)

2.00

1.52–2.58

(ref.)

Lower non-manual employees

4.01

3.57–4.51

***

10.56

9.14–12.20

**

1.68

1.37–2.06

 

Manual workers

2.70

2.50–2.92

***

9.37

8.36–10.49

***

1.52

1.37–1.71

 

Self-employed

4.23

3.62–4.95

**

13.83

11.31–16.91

 

1.93

1.50–2.47

 

Respiratory diseases

All occupational classes

2.33

2.14–2.50

 

8.70

6.40–11.70

 

2.16

1.98–2.37

 

Upper non-manual employees

2.66

1.98–3.57

(ref.)

10.85

2.62–44.82

(ref.)

2.57

1.91–3.45

(ref.)

Lower non-manual employees

2.31

1.85–2.88

 

8.03

3.28–19.68

 

2.22

1.77–2.77

 

Manual workers

2.05

1.83–2.28

 

6.85

4.77–9.82

 

1.90

1.70–2.13

 

Self-employed

2.34

1.78–3.08

 

13.15

6.17–28.05

 

2.00

1.49–2.69

 

Circulatory diseases

All occupational classes

2.58

2.40–2.77

 

6.60

5.80–7.50

 

1.98

1.81–2.16

 

Upper non-manual employees

4.03

3.29–4.93

(ref.)

11.4

8.21–16.06

(ref.)

2.95

2.29–3.79

(ref.)

Lower non-manual employees

2.59

2.15–3.11

**

7.15

5.21–9.81

 

1.86

1.48–2.34

**

Manual workers

2.20

2.00–2.42

***

5.57

4.69–6.62

***

1.73

1.55–1.93

***

Self-employed

2.32

1.89–2.85

**

5.46

3.81–7.82

**

1.84

1.45–2.34

**

  1. LTSA Long-term sickness absence, DR Disability retirement, HR Hazard ratio, CI Confidence interval
  2. In each cell, the reference group consist of those who had no long-term LTSA due to each diagnostic group per occupational class. All models are adjusted for demographic variables
  3. 1 Disability retirement due to the same diagnostic group as in previous LTSA spell
  4. 2 Disability retirement due to some other diagnostic group than in previous LTSA spell
  5. 3 * p < 0.001 ** p < 0.02 *** p < 0.05. The significance level of the interaction test between occupational class and LTSA diagnostic group