Skip to main content

Table 3 Poisson regression models for the risk of fatigue fractures in young Finnish men performing their compulsory military service

From: Regular physical exercise before entering military service may protect young adult men from fatigue fractures

 

Univariate IRR (95% CI)

MultivariateaIRR (95% CI)

Age (y) of military service

0.95 (0.72 to 1.26)

 

Class A of service

3.30 (0.45 to 23.94)

 

BMI

0.96 (0.88 to 1.05)

 

Smoking

0.68 (0.32 to 1.44)

 

Comprehensive school only

0.75 (0.41 to 1.40)

 

Self-reported pre-military service high physical activity

0.41 (0.20 to 0.85)

0.41 (0.20 to 0.85)

Diseases and injuries

 F00-F99 Mental and behavioural disorders

0.45 (0.06 to 3.27)

 

 H00–H59 Diseases of the eyes and adnexa

0.89 (0.45 to 1.76)

 

 J00–J99 Diseases of the respiratory system

0.43 (0.13 to 1.40)

 

 L00–L99 Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue

0.40 (0.05 to 2.88)

 

 M00–M99 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system

1.46 (0.57 to 3.70)

 

Self-reported subjective symptoms on admission

 Injuries

0.90 (0.32 to 2.52)

 

 Symptoms of the musculoskeletal system

0.25 (0.03 to 1.82)

 

 Respiratory symptoms

0.48 (0.19 to 1.23)

 

 Mental symptoms

2.09 (0.65 to 6.74)

 

 Headache

2.38 (0.93 to 6.04)

 
  1. aForward stepwise selection. Only those variables shown which entered the model