Table 4 Adjusted association between the number of diseases and multimorbidity, in- and excluding musculoskeletal disease, and work status compared to ‘being employed’

Number of diseases^Ϯ

Work disabled*

OR [95% CI]

Living allowances*

OR [95% CI]

Unemployed*

OR [95% CI]

 1

3.31 [2.35;4.65]^a

1.46 [0.69; 3.10]

1.32 [0.92;1.88]

 2

9.16 [6.32;13.27]^a

3.76 [1.67; 8.46]^a

2.55 [1.63;4.00]^a

 3

14.03 [8.88; 22.16]

6.37 [2.46; 16.51]

3.08 [1.60;5.92]

  ≥ 4

30.33 [14.87; 61.85]^a

16.29 [4.94; 53.67]

4.50 [1.58;13.62]

Single and multimorbidity in- and excluding MSKD^Ϯ

 Single morbidity being an MSKD

2.00 [1.19; 3.39]^b

1.39 [0.49; 3.99]

1.23 [0.71; 2.14]

 Single morbidity other than MSKD

3.91 [2.73; 5.60]

1.48 [0.64; 3.47]

1.36 [0.91; 2.02]

 Multimorbidity including MSKD

14.35 [10.02; 20.56]

6.32 [2.99; 13.35]

2.84 [1.78; 4.53]

 Multimorbidity excluding MSKD

9.92 [6.54; 15.05]

3.34 [1.25; 8.94]

2.65 [1.54; 4.58]