HR (95% CI)* | HR (95% CI)† | |
Hand/wrist (B+W) | 1.57 (1.29 to 1.90) | 1.49 (1.23 to 1.81) |
Low back (B+W) | 1.39 (1.18 to 1.63) | 1.30 (1.11 to 1.53) |
Neck/shoulder (B) | 0.99 (0.78 to 1.26) | 0.95 (0.75 to 1.21) |
Neck/shoulder (W) | 1.39 (1.12 to 1.72) | 1.35 (1.21 to 1.85) |
Knee (B+W) | 1.22 (1.00 to 1.48) | 1.12 (0.92 to 1.37) |
Hand/wrist+low back (B+W) | 2.17 (1.71 to 2.75) | 1.95 (1.53 to 2.47) |
Hand/wrist+neck/shoulder (W) | 2.17 (1.67 to 2.81) | 2.01 (1.55 to 2.61) |
Low back+neck/shoulder (W) | 1.92 (1.51 to 2.46) | 1.76 (1.38 to 2.25) |
Hand/wrist+low back+neck/shoulder (W) | 3.01 (2.29 to 3.95) | 2.63 (1.99 to 3.46) |
Socioeconomic position (B vs W) | 1.66 (1.36 to 2.02) | 1.68 (1.38 to 2.05) |
Gender (female vs male) | 1.28 (1.09 to 1.50) | 1.30 (1.11 to 1.53) |
Age | 1.008 (1.001 to 1.015) | 1.005 (0.998 to 1.012) |
Body mass index | 1.026 (1.006 to 1.047) | 1.024 (1.004 to 1.044) |
Smoking | 1.51 (1.30 to 1.76) | 1.50 (1.29 to 1.75) |
Diagnosed disease | – | 1.81 (1.55 to 2.12) |
The model was tested without* and with† control for diagnosed disease. All variables are dichotomous except age and body mass index, for which the HRs represent the change in risk for an increase of 1 year or 1 kg/m2.
B, blue-collar workers; W, white-collar workers.