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Table 2 Prevalence and 95% of Confidence Interval of Reported Chronic Disease and Lifestyle Habits of Active Workers of the EpiDoC Cohort 2011–2016

From: Obesity- attributable costs of absenteeism among working adults in Portugal

 

EpiDoC 1 (2011–13)

EpiDoC 2 (2013–15)

EpiDoC 3 (2015–16)

All Waves (2011–16)

n = 4338

n = 3391

n = 2444

n = 10,173

 

n (%)

95%CI

n (%)

95%CI

n (%)

95%CI

n (%)

95%CI

Chronic Disease

  High blood pressure

704 (16.3)

(15.2–17.4)

548 (16.4)

(15.1–17.7)

411 (29.9)

(27.5–32.4)

1663 (18.4)

(17.6–19.2)

  Diabetes Mellitus

187 (4.3)

(3.7–5.0)

142 (4.3)

(3.6–5.0)

106 (7.7)

(6.3–9.2)

435 (4.8)

(4.4–5.3)

  High Cholesterol Level

896 (20.9)

(19.7–22.1)

742 (22.2)

(20.8–23.7)

484 (35.5)

(33.0–38.1)

2122 (23.4)

(22.7–24.5)

  Lung Disease

133 (3.1)

(2.6–3.6)

112 (3.4)

(2.8–4.0)

37 (2.7)

(1.9–3.7)

282 (3.1)

(2.8–3.5)

  Cardiac Disease

181 (4.2)

(3.6–4.8)

167 (5.0)

(4.3–5.8)

97 (7.0)

(5.7–8.5)

445 (4.9)

(4.5–5.4)

  Gastrointestinal Disease

454 (10.5)

(9.6–11.5)

389 (11.6)

(10.5–12.7)

146 (10.6)

(9.0–12.3)

989 (10.9)

(10.3–11.6)

  Neurological Disease

66 (1.5)

(1.2–1.9)

50 (1.5)

(1.1–2.0)

84 (6.1)

(4.9–7.5)

200 (2.2)

(1.9–2.5)

  Allergies

893 (20.7)

(19.5–21.9)

723 (21.7)

(20.3–23.1)

293 (21.3)

(19.1–23.5)

1909 (21.1)

(20.3–22.0)

  Mental Disease

462 (10.7)

(9.8–11.6)

387 (11.5)

(10.5–12.7)

335 (24.2)

(22.0–26.6)

1184 (13.1)

(12.4–13.8)

  Cancer

82 (1.9)

(1.5–2.4)

77 (2.3)

(1.8–2.9)

72 (5.2)

(4.1–6.5)

231 (2.6)

(2.2–2.9)

  Hyperuricemia

139 (3.2)

(2.7–3.8)

106 (3.2)

(2.6–3.8)

21 (1.5)

(0.9–2.3)

266 (3.0)

(2.6–3.3)

  Renal Colic

251 (5.8)

(5.1–6.6)

203 (6.1)

(5.3–6.9)

47 (3.5)

(2.5–4.6)

501 (5.6)

(5.1–6.0)

  Rheumatic Disease

609 (14.4)

(13.3–15.4)

649 (19.6)

(18.2–21.0)

539 (22.0)

(20.4–30.7)

1426 (14.3)

(13.6–15.0)

  Obese

649 (15.3)

(14.2–16.4)

439 (13.1)

(12.0–14.3)

316 (13.3)

(12.0–14.8)

1404 (14.1)

(13.4–14.8)

Lifestyle habits

Alcohol

  Never

1548 (35.8)

(34.4–37.2)

1125 (34.5)

(32.9–36.2)

628 (26.0)

(24.3–27.8)

3301 (33.0)

(32.1–33.9)

  Occasionally

2048 (47.3)

(45.8–48.7)

1461 (44.7)

(43.2–46.6)

1137 (47.0)

(45.1–49.0)

4646 (46.5)

(45.5–47.4)

  Daily

731 (16.9)

(15.8–18.0)

671 (20.6)

(19.2–22.0)

652 (27.0)

(25.2- 28.8)

2054 (20.5)

(19.8–21.3)

Smoking habits

  Never

3131 (72.2)

(70.9–73.5)

1753 (53.8)

(52.1–55.5)

1380 (57.0)

(55.0–59.0)

6264 (62.6)

(61.6–63.5)

  Past smoking a

Not applicable le

Not applicable

683 (21.0)

(19.6–22.4)

482 (19.9)

(18.4–21.5)

1442 (14.4)

(13.7–15.1)

  Present smoker/occasionally

1204 (27.8)

(26.5–29.1)

821 (25.2)

(23.7–26.7)

559 (23.1)

(21.5–24.8)

2307 (23.0)

(22.2–23.9)

Physical activity

  Yes

1658 (38.1)

(36.7–39.6)

1700 (50.3)

(48.0–51.4)

1358 (44.4)

(42.5–46.4)

4439 (43.7)

(43.8–46.5)

  No

2680 (61.9)

(60.4–63.3)

1679 (49.7)

(48.6–52.0)

1086 (55.6)

(53.6–57.5)

5717 (56.3)

(55.3–57.3)

  1. a Past smoker was not included at baseline