Table 3 Predictors of disability pension and voluntary early retirement for cleaners during the follow-up period

Age

1.00 (0.98 to 1.02)

1.27 (1.25 to 1.28)

Less than 40 weeks paid work the year before baseline

2.50 (1.82 to 3.43)

1.41 (1.10 to 1.82)

BMI

1.01 (0.98 to 1.03)

0.99 (0.97 to 1.01)

Use of a mop more than 10 h a week

1.01 (0.77 to 1.33)

1.20 (1.03 to 1.40)

Shoulder pain more than 90 days in the last year

1.98 (1.47 to 2.67)

1.40 (1.16 to 1.67)

Elbow pain more than 90 days in the last year

1.41 (1.02 to 1.94)

1.07 (0.85 to 1.35)

Daily tingling of fingers the last three months

1.58 (1.14 to 2.20)

0.82 (0.66 to 1.02)

High quantitative demand ^b

0.99 (0.99 to 1.00)

1.00 (0.99 to 1.00)

Low decision latitude ^b

1.00 (1.00 to 1.00)

1.00 (1.00 to 1.00)

Other ethnicity ^a

1.46 (0.97 to 2.19)

0.80 (0.46 to 1.12)