Table 2 Baseline characteristics of all participants and subgroups of individuals with no history of sickness absence and those with a chronic condition at baseline.
From: Predicting work disability among people with chronic conditions: a prospective cohort study
Baseline characteristic | All* | Low risk population† | MSD | Migraine | Hypertension | Respiratory disease | Depression | Diabetes | Cancer | CHD | Depression & CMD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(N = 88,521) | (N = 73,996) | (N = 33,601) | (N = 22,065) | (N = 16,793) | (N = 15,372) | (N = 14,347) | (N = 3829) | (N = 3584) | (N = 1761) | (N = 1162) | |
Sex | |||||||||||
Women | 80.0 | 79.2 | 81.2 | 89.9 | 76.5 | 82.5 | 83.9 | 72.2 | 88.1 | 63.5 | 74.0 |
Men | 20.0 | 20.8 | 18.8 | 10.1 | 23.5 | 17.5 | 16.1 | 27.8 | 11.9 | 36.5 | 26.0 |
Age, y | |||||||||||
< 35 | 22.3 | 23.7 | 7.2 | 21.0 | 3.2 | 16.8 | 12.6 | 8.3 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 6.0 |
35–39 | 14.5 | 15.0 | 9.0 | 14.9 | 5.3 | 12.8 | 12.4 | 8.1 | 5.9 | 2.7 | 6.6 |
40–44 | 16.5 | 16.6 | 14.1 | 16.8 | 11.2 | 16.1 | 16.5 | 11.5 | 10.2 | 4.9 | 9.7 |
45–49 | 16.4 | 16.1 | 19.0 | 16.3 | 17.4 | 16.9 | 19.4 | 14.6 | 16.6 | 11.5 | 15.8 |
50–54 | 16.0 | 15.2 | 23.2 | 16.3 | 27.1 | 17.7 | 19.5 | 21.6 | 25.0 | 25.3 | 25.7 |
55 + | 14.4 | 13.4 | 27.6 | 14.7 | 35.9 | 19.8 | 19.7 | 36.1 | 38.2 | 53.1 | 36.2 |
BMI, kg/m2 | |||||||||||
< 18.5 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
18.5– < 25 | 54.5 | 56.1 | 44.6 | 53.6 | 29.9 | 46.6 | 48.2 | 22.8 | 48.8 | 35.0 | 28.7 |
25–30 | 31.8 | 31.2 | 37.1 | 31.1 | 41.4 | 34.1 | 33.6 | 35.4 | 35.6 | 40.9 | 35.3 |
30 + | 12.5 | 11.4 | 17.6 | 13.9 | 28.4 | 18.2 | 17.0 | 41.4 | 14.9 | 23.5 | 35.6 |
Socio-economic status | |||||||||||
Managers | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 2.4 |
Professionals | 28.9 | 30.9 | 25.7 | 29.1 | 24.9 | 30.4 | 30.2 | 24.4 | 30.9 | 21.1 | 24.3 |
Technicians and associate professionals | 27.1 | 27.4 | 22.7 | 26.5 | 23.1 | 23.7 | 24.1 | 23.2 | 23.8 | 21.0 | 22.9 |
Clerical support workers | 6.4 | 6.4 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.9 | 8.3 | 9.9 |
Service workers | 21.5 | 20.1 | 25.1 | 23.0 | 22.4 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 21.0 | 21.5 | 19.8 | 21.3 |
Manual workers | 4.2 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 2.7 | 6.1 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 7.3 | 3.0 | 10.3 | 8.3 |
Elementary occupations | 9.7 | 8.8 | 11.4 | 8.9 | 11.6 | 9.1 | 9.5 | 12.5 | 8.8 | 15.8 | 11.0 |
Smoking | |||||||||||
No | 81.0 | 81.8 | 80.1 | 82.9 | 82.5 | 79.6 | 76.6 | 78.8 | 85.3 | 81.2 | 75.8 |
Yes | 19.0 | 18.2 | 19.9 | 17.1 | 17.5 | 20.4 | 23.4 | 21.2 | 14.7 | 18.8 | 24.2 |
Chronic illness ‡ | |||||||||||
0 | 64.6 | 67.3 | 53.8 | 0.0 | 50.9 | 23.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 59.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
1 | 27.7 | 26.4 | 33.1 | 70.4 | 33.8 | 47.1 | 56.9 | 57.1 | 28.8 | 31.8 | 0.0 |
2 | 6.6 | 5.5 | 10.5 | 24.7 | 11.3 | 22.7 | 34.7 | 27.9 | 8.2 | 36.5 | 46.6 |
3+ | 1.2 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 6.5 | 8.4 | 15.0 | 4.0 | 31.7 | 53.4 |
Self-rated health | |||||||||||
1 (highest) | 41.5 | 45.3 | 22.1 | 32.9 | 17.0 | 25.8 | 19.0 | 14.5 | 22.7 | 9.9 | 10.1 |
2 | 35.3 | 35.5 | 38.3 | 37.6 | 37.3 | 36.7 | 35.2 | 34.5 | 37.8 | 27.3 | 23.1 |
3 | 19.1 | 16.8 | 31.1 | 23.6 | 35.5 | 28.9 | 33.2 | 37.2 | 29.8 | 40.9 | 37.6 |
4 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 7.8 | 5.4 | 9.2 | 7.8 | 11.3 | 12.5 | 8.4 | 18.8 | 25.4 |
5 (lowest) | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
Difficulty falling asleep | |||||||||||
1 (never) | 46.2 | 47.8 | 40.5 | 41.1 | 41.0 | 39.5 | 29.7 | 44.0 | 42.1 | 38.4 | 29.9 |
2 | 28.2 | 28.8 | 26.9 | 27.8 | 26.0 | 27.3 | 24.6 | 24.9 | 26.7 | 23.1 | 20.6 |
3 | 12.7 | 12.4 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 14.4 | 15.0 | 16.3 | 13.3 | 12.9 | 15.8 | 16.0 |
4 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 11.8 | 11.5 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 17.2 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 12.8 | 17.0 |
5 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 4.7 |
6 (almost every night) | 2.5 | 1.8 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 8.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 6.8 | 12.0 |
Number of sickness absences in previous year | |||||||||||
0 | 83.6 | 100.0 | 74.3 | 79.6 | 76.2 | 76.7 | 66.7 | 76.2 | 64.6 | 67.0 | 64.0 |
1 | 13.4 | 0.0 | 19.9 | 16.3 | 18.2 | 18.1 | 25.4 | 18.1 | 28.6 | 23.9 | 24.6 |
2 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 6.5 | 4.7 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.3 |
3+ | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 3.1 |
