Association of perceived work pace and physical work demands with occupational accidents: a cross-sectional study of ageing male construction workers in Denmark

Table 3 Association between physical work demands and occupational accidents, unadjusted and adjusted, odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI)

	N	Crude	Model 1^a	Model 2^b
	Case/Exposed	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR 95% CI
Physical work demands
Low	17/274	1.00 (ref)^*	1.00 (ref)	1.00 (ref)
Medium	51/384	2.32 (1.31–4.10)	2.28 (1.27–4.07)	2.27 (1.26–4.10)
High	98/612	2.88 (1.69–4.93)	2.70 (1.56–4.67)	2.62 (1.50–4.57)

^a Model 1 adjusts for age, body mass index, smoking, and musculoskeletal disorders
^b Model 2 adjusts for age, body mass index, smoking, musculoskeletal disorders, occupation, work experience and support at work. Statistically significant results (p < 0.05) are marked in bold. Ref: Reference group

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