Relation between obesity and diagnoses of disability benefits in a cohort study among construction workers (n=3 28 743)
| Disability benefits | |||||
| All, n=61 176, HR (95% CI) | CVD, n=8472, HR (95% CI) | MSD, n=30 675, HR (95% CI) | Mental disorders, n=6136, HR (95% CI) | Other, n=15 893, HR (95% CI) | |
| BMI continuous* | 1.05 (1.05 to 1.05) | 1.09 (1.09 to 1.10) | 1.06 (1.05 to 1.06) | 0.99 (0.98 to 1.00) | 1.04 (1.03 to 1.04) |
| BMI: healthy weight | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| BMI: overweight | 1.21 (1.19 to 1.23) | 1.47 (1.40 to 1.54) | 1.26 (1.23 to 1.29) | 0.91 (0.86 to 0.97) | 1.13 (1.09 to 1.17) |
| BMI: obesity | 1.70 (1.65 to 1.76) | 2.30 (2.13 to 2.50) | 1.71 (1.63 to 1.79) | 1.21 (1.06 to 1.38) | 1.60 (1.50 to 1.70) |
| Physical workload: low | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Physical workload: intermediate | 1.84 (1.79 to 1.90) | 1.28 (1.19 to 1.38) | 2.13 (2.04 to 2.23) | 2.07 (1.87 to 2.28) | 1.68 (1.59 to 1.78) |
| Physical workload: high | 2.28 (2.21 to 2.34) | 1.48 (1.39 to 1.57) | 3.02 (2.90 to 3.15) | 1.82 (1.66 to 1.99) | 1.90 (1.81 to 2.00) |
Fully adjusted model (age, smoking, BMI, physical workload).
*BMI as a continuous variable not in same multivariate model as BMI as categorical variable.
BMI, body mass index; CVD, cardiovascular disease; MSD, musculoskeletal diseases.