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Table 3 Adjusted hazard ratios from the occupational fishery work exposures stratified for gender on incident outcome for specific disorders between 1994 and 2017 (n = 15,739)

From: The risk of an incident hospital contact with a musculoskeletal disorder in Danish occupational fishers: a register-based study

  

Back disorders

Knee disorders

Shoulder lesions

Other pain disorders

  

Person-years under observation: 89.906.617

  

Cases: 1.643

Cases: 1.018

Cases: 514

Cases: 1.035

Occupational fishery exposures for men:

 

aHR1

(95%CI)

aHR

(95%CI)

aHR

(95%CI)

aHR

(95%CI)

Years as fisherman

> 20 years

1

ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

 

15-<20 years

1.57

1.18, 2.09

2.68

1.82, 3.94

2.63

1.52, 4.57

1.99

1.38, 2.88

 

10-<15 years

1.37

1.03, 1.82

2.29

1.56, 3.36

3.64

2.14, 6.20

2.15

1.50, 3.09

 

5-<10 years

1.38

1.03, 1.84

2.13

1.43, 3.16

2.85

1.64, 4.98

1.80

1.23, 2.63

 

< 5 years

1.87

1.37, 2.54

2.83

1.86, 4.13

3.55

1.96, 6.42

2.58

1.73, 3.86

Occupational shifts (n)

Reference < average 3.19

1.09

0.94, 1.26

1.01

0.84, 1.21

1.30

1.02, 1.67

1.33

1.11, 1.59

Captain education

Reference; no

0.85

0.68, 0.95

0.81

0.64, 1.02

0.68

0.50, 0.92

0.73

0.58, 0.91

Self-employed during working life (%)

Reference; min/50

0.86

0.70, 1.07

1.07

0.84, 1.36

0.86

0.61, 1.20

0.82

0.64, 1.07

Full- or part-time work

Reference; Full time

0.94

0.79, 1.13

0.69

0.54, 0.88

0.78

0.55, 1.11

0.66

0.52, 0.85

Occupational fishery exposures for female fishers:

 

aHR

95%CI

aHR

95%CI

aHR

(95%CI)

aHR

(95%CI)

Years as fisherman

> 5 years

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

 

< 5 years

1.56

1.01, 2.44

1.32

0.79, 2.18

2.49

1.11, 5.60

3.31

1.84, 5.94

Occupational shifts (n)

Reference < average 7.46

0.69

0.50, 0.96

0.64

0.44, 0.95

0.45

0.35, 0.79

0.85

0.62, 1.16

Self-employed during working life (%)

Reference; min/50

0.66

0.09, 4.97

1.91

0.56, 6.51

    

Full- or part-time work

Reference; Full time

0.78

0.43, 1.45

0.70

0.34, 1.45

0.97

0.42, 2.24

0.98

0.57, 1.70

  1. Abbreviations: HR (Hazard ratio), CI (confidence interval), ref (statistical reference)
  2. Bold: significant associations
  3. Adjusted for: years in workforce, marital status, region, Charlson 2000 comorbidity index, country of origin, educational level with age as time scale