Table 3

Sick leave days per patient and year, stratified by sex (unstandardized)

Year
Sick leave days/patient/year


All
Women
Men


N*
Mean (SD)
Median (95%CI)
n
Mean (SD)
Median (95%CI)
n
Mean (SD)
Median (95%CI)

-3
369
22 (45.2)
5 (4; 9)
193
19 (40.7)
6 (4; 9)
176
24 (49.8)
5 (3; 10)
-2
404
25 (47.5)
7 (4; 9)
216
22 (33.0)
8 (5; 12)
188
29 (59.9)
4 (1; 9)
-1
441
31 (61.0)
9 (6; 12)
242
29 (58.2)
8 (5; 12)
199
33 (64.2)
10 (6; 14)
1
441
28 (57.5)
9 (7; 11)
242
26 (56.8)
8 (5; 11)
199
30 (58.4)
11 (7; 16)
2
397
24 (55.6)
5 (3; 7)
218
24 (51.3)
5 (3; 8)
179
25 (60.5)
5 (0; 8)
3
297
21 (47.0)
5 (2; 7)
159
18 (34.9)
5 (1; 8)
138
25 (57.8)
5 (0; 10)
4
196
20 (46.1)
4 (0; 6)
102
21 (12.9)
5 (0; 9)
94
20 (50.5)
1 (0; 5)

*Note: Since participants entered the study at different points of time, the follow up period could not be equal for all patients, which causes a drop of observed participants especially in the third and fourth year.

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