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Table 2 Characteristics of study population (paid work, work disabled, unemployed, living allowance, aged ≤ 65 years) by index diseases

From: Work outcome in persons with musculoskeletal diseases: comparison with other chronic diseases & the role of musculoskeletal diseases in multimorbidity

 

Musculoskeletal disease(n = 925 (17.1%))

Cardiovascular disease(n = 662 (12.3%))

Diabetes(n = 180 (3.3%))

Cancer(n = 96 (1.8%))

Respiratory disease(n = 355 (6.6%))

Skin disease(n = 359 (6.7%))

Mental disease(n = 376 (7.0%))

Bowel disease(n = 164 (3.0%))

Migraine(n = 275 (5.1%))

No chronic disease(n = 3,156 (58.5%))

Age, mean (SD)

49.0 (10.5)

53.3 (8.8)

54.8 (8.0)

54.0 (8.5)

48.3 (11.0)

46.7 (11.0)

46.0 (11.0)

46.6 (11.1)

45.2 (10.9)

44.0 (10.8)

Women, n (%)

563 (60.9)

333 (50.3)

72 (40.0)

63.0 (65.6)

227 (63.9)

208 (57.9)

253 (58.0)

124 (75.6)

231 (84.0)

1685 (53.4)

Work status

 Paid work

706 (76.3)

509 (76.9)

115 (63.9)

64 (66.7)

265 (74.7)

281 (78.3)

216 (57.5)

108 (65.9)

203 (73.8)

2998 (95.0)

 Work disabled

152 (16.4)

113 (17.1)

46 (25.6)

26 (27.1)

66 (18.6)

56 (15.6)

121 (32.2)

46 (28.1)

45 (16.4)

86 (2.7)

 Unemployed

43 (4.7)

25 (3.8)

11 (6.1)

5 (5.2)

13 (3.7)

17 (4.7)

25 (6.7)

6 (3.7)

23 (8.4)

56 (1.8)

 Living allowance

24 (2.6)

15 (2.3)

8 (4.4)

1 (1.0)

11 (3.1)

5 (1.4)

14 (3.7)

4 (2.4)

4 (1.5)

16 (0.5)

BMI, n (%)

        

n = 269

 

 Underweight

15 (1.6)

2 (0.3)

1 (0.6)

-

4 (1.1)

6 (1.7)

11 (2.9)

4 (2.4)

7 (2.6)

42 (1.3)

 Normal

387 (41.8)

200 (30.2)

34 (18.9)

37 (38.5)

143 (40.3)

173 (48.2)

179 (47.6)

79 (48.2)

145 (52.7)

1858 (58.9)

 Pre-obese

340 (36.8)

261 (39.4)

66 (36.7)

39 (40.6)

121 (34.1)

122 (34.0)

108 (28.7)

57 (34.8)

76 (27.6)

980 (31.1)

 Obese

183 (19.8)

199 (30.1)

79 (43.9)

20 (20.8)

87 (24.5)

58 (16.2)

78 (20.8)

24 (14.6)

47 (17.5)

225 (7.1)

Level of education, n (%)

n = 922

n = 656

n = 179

 

n = 352

n = 358

n = 374

 

n = 274

n = 3133

 Primary school or no education

29 (3.2)

25 (3.8)

11 (6.2)

4 (4.2)

13 (3.7)

12 (3.4)

9 (2.4)

7 (4.3)

3 (1.1)

43 (1.3)

 Lower professional school

154 (16.7)

102 (15.6)

37 (20.7)

15 (15.6)

59 (16.8)

48 (13.4)

45 (12.0)

22 (13.4)

38 (13.9)

244 (7.8)

 Middle or professional secondary school

331 (35.9)

245 (37.4)

57 (31.8)

28 (29.2)

121 (34.4)

118 (33.0)

126 (33.7)

56 (34.2)

94 (34.2)

920 (29.4)

 Secondary education

90 (9.7)

75 (11.4)

20 (11.2)

21 (21.9)

32 (10.5)

40 (11.2)

52 (13.9)

18 (11.0)

34 (12.4)

311 (9.9)

 University education

318 (34.5)

209 (31.9)

54 (30.2)

28 (29.2)

127 (36.1)

140 (39.1)

142 (38.0)

61 (37.2)

105 (38.3)

1615 (51.5)

Smoking status, n (%)

n = 924

n = 660

n = 179

 

n = 353

  

n = 163

 

n = 3145

 Current smoker

217 (23.5)

131 (19.9)

42 (23.5)

20 (20.8)

73 (20.7)

74 (20.6)

118 (31.4)

41 (25.2)

64 (23.3)

567 (18.0)

 Never smoked

364 (39.4)

248 (37.6)

50 (27.9)

35 (36.5)

155 (43.9)

141 (39.3)

122 (32.5)

77 (47.2)

128 (46.6)

1610 (51.2)

 Former smoker

343 (37.1)

281 (42.6)

87 (48.6)

41 (42.7)

125 (35.4)

144 (40.1)

136 (36.2)

45 (27.6)

83 (30.1)

968 (30.8)

Number of co- morbidities, n (%)

 0

462 (50.0)

289 (43.7)

46 (25.6)

39 (40.6)

143 (40.3)

175 (48.8)

162 (43.1)

65 (39.6)

123 (44.7)

3156 (100.0)

 1

265 (28.7)

197 (29.8)

62 (34.4)

23 (24.0)

103 (29.0)

101 (28.1)

107 (28.5)

49 (29.9)

79 (28.7)

N/A

 2

132 (14.3)

106 (16.0)

40 (22.2)

21 (21.9)

61 (17.2)

58 (16.2)

67 (17.8)

24 (14.6)

50 (18.2)

N/A

  ≥ 3

66 (7.1)

70 (10.6)

32 (17.8)

13 (13.5)

48 (13.5)

25 (6.9)

40 (10.6)

26 (15.9)

23 (8.4)

N/A

Sick leave during past 12 months in subsample with paid work

 

n = 706

n = 509

n = 115

n = 64

n = 265

n = 281

n = 216

n = 108

n = 203

n = 2992

 Yes, sick leave n (%)

455 (64.5)

257 (50.5)

66 (57.4)

40 (62.5)

154 (58.1)

154 (54.8)

164 (75.9)

69 (63.9)

136 (67.0)

1173 (39.2)

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