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Table 4 Cox proportional hazard models assessing the association of high levels of GI symptom reporting with subsequent long term sickness absence (LTSA) of various durations, with adjustments for individual potential confounders and finally adjusting for all potential confounders

From: Do gastrointestinal complaints increase the risk for subsequent medically certified long-term sickness absence? The HUSK study

 

LTSA >16-55 consecutive days (predicting 2763 LTSA's)

LTSA >55-89 consecutive days (predicting 1258 LTSA's)

LTSA >89 consecutive days (predicting 1340 LTSA's)

Adjustments

HR

95%CI

HR

95%CI

HR

95%CI

Crude

1.59

1.46-1.74

1.72

1.51-1.96

1.91

1.69-2.16

Model 1: Gender, education and smoking

1.47

1.34-1.60

1.55

1.36-1.77

1.70

1.51-1.93

Model 1 + depression

1.43

1.31-1.57

1.50

1.31-1.71

1.63

1.44-1.85

Model 1 + anxiety

1.40

1.27-1.53

1.48

1.29-1.70

1.61

1.42-1.83

Model 1 + somatic symptoms

1.22

1.10-1.34

1.35

1.17-1.56

1.38

1.20-1.58

Full adjustment*

1.19

1.08-1.32

1.31

1.13-1.52

1.33

1.16-1.53

  1. * Adjusted for gender, education, smoking, depression, anxiety and somatic symptoms.
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