Fifteen-year prevalence rate (PR) of SA due to a shoulder lesion according to gender and baseline characteristics (n=4344)
| Men (n=2051) | Women (n=2293) | All (n=4344) | |||||||
| No SA (n=1944) | SA (n=107) | PR | No SA (n=2157) | SA (n=136) | PR | No SA (n=4401) | SA (n=243) | PR | |
| n | n | % | n | n | % | n | n | % | |
| Age group (years | |||||||||
| 30–39 | 667 | 32 | 4.6 | 747 | 38 | 4.8 | 1414 | 12 | 4.7 |
| 40–49 | 669 | 48 | 6.7 | 736 | 75 | 9.2 | 1405 | 78 | 8.0 |
| 50–62 | 608 | 27 | 4.3 | 674 | 23 | 3.3 | 1282 | 46 | 3.8 |
| Education | |||||||||
| Low | 263 | 22 | 7.7 | 229 | 12 | 5.0 | 492 | 34 | 6.5 |
| Medium | 862 | 60 | 6.5 | 829 | 78 | 8.6 | 1691 | 138 | 7.5 |
| High | 819 | 25 | 3.0 | 1099 | 46 | 4.0 | 1918 | 71 | 3.6 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | |||||||||
| Normal (<25) | 673 | 29 | 4.1 | 1053 | 62 | 5.6 | 1726 | 91 | 5.0 |
| Overweight (25.0–29.9) | 916 | 49 | 5.1 | 686 | 51 | 6.9 | 1602 | 100 | 5.9 |
| Obese (≥30) | 355 | 29 | 7.6 | 418 | 23 | 5.2 | 773 | 52 | 6.7 |
| Chronic disease | |||||||||
| No | 1262 | 67 | 5.0 | 1303 | 76 | 5.5 | 2565 | 143 | 5.3 |
| Yes | 681 | 40 | 5.5 | 853 | 60 | 6.6 | 1534 | 100 | 6.1 |
| Clinically defined shoulder disease* | |||||||||
| No | 1774 | 92 | 4.9 | 1992 | 119 | 5.6 | 3766 | 211 | 5.3 |
| Yes | 73 | 9 | 11.0 | 72 | 16 | 18.2 | 145 | 25 | 14.7 |
| Leisure time physical activity† | |||||||||
| Little or irregular | 516 | 31 | 5.7 | 422 | 33 | 7.3 | 938 | 64 | 6.4 |
| Regular | 1409 | 75 | 5.1 | 1726 | 102 | 5.6 | 3135 | 177 | 5.3 |
| Daily smoking | |||||||||
| No | 1330 | 66 | 4.7 | 1699 | 86 | 4.8 | 3029 | 152 | 4.8 |
| Yes | 614 | 41 | 6.3 | 457 | 50 | 9.9 | 1071 | 91 | 7.8 |
| Job demands‡ | |||||||||
| Low | 774 | 33 | 4.1 | 836 | 55 | 6.2 | 1610 | 88 | 5.2 |
| High | 910 | 66 | 6.8 | 934 | 64 | 6.4 | 1844 | 130 | 6.6 |
| Job control§ | |||||||||
| Low | 868 | 55 | 6.0 | 738 | 59 | 7.4 | 1606 | 114 | 6.6 |
| High | 833 | 45 | 5.1 | 1035 | 60 | 5.5 | 1868 | 105 | 5.3 |
| Social support¶ | |||||||||
| Low | 604 | 35 | 5.5 | 553 | 39 | 6.6 | 1157 | 74 | 6.0 |
| High | 1073 | 66 | 5.8 | 1218 | 83 | 6.4 | 2291 | 149 | 6.1 |
| Job strain** | |||||||||
| Low strain job | 367 | 13 | 3.4 | 458 | 24 | 5.0 | 825 | 37 | 4.3 |
| Passive job | 404 | 20 | 4.7 | 364 | 30 | 7.6 | 768 | 50 | 6.1 |
| Active job | 466 | 30 | 6.0 | 558 | 35 | 5.9 | 1024 | 65 | 6.0 |
| High strain job | 451 | 35 | 7.2 | 366 | 25 | 6.4 | 817 | 60 | 6.8 |
| Psychological distress†† | |||||||||
| No or mild (1–3) | 1585 | 87 | 5.2 | 1719 | 105 | 5.8 | 3304 | 192 | 5.5 |
| At least moderate (4–12) | 289 | 16 | 5.2 | 384 | 30 | 7.2 | 673 | 46 | 6.4 |
| Insomnia-related symptoms‡‡ | |||||||||
| No or rare | 1374 | 69 | 4.8 | 1448 | 81 | 5.3 | 2822 | 150 | 5.0 |
| Occasional | 345 | 26 | 7.0 | 442 | 29 | 6.2 | 787 | 55 | 6.5 |
| Frequent | 156 | 4.9 | 216 | 25 | 10.4 | 372 | 33 | 8.1 | |
The mean age of men with no SA was 44.27 (95% CI 43.89 to 44.65) and with SA 44.20 (95% CI 43.90 to 45.55).
The mean age of women with no SA was 44.27 (95% CI 43.90 to 44.63) and with SA 43.63 (95% CI 42.51 to 44.74).
*Data available for 1948 men and 2199 women.
†Data available 2031 men and 2283 women.
‡Dataavailable for 1783 men and 1889 women.
§Data available for 1801 men and 1892 women.
¶Data availablefor 1778 men and 1893 women.
**Data available for 1776 men and 1861 women
††Data available for 1977 men and 2238 women.
‡‡Data available for 1978 men and 2241 women.
BMI, body mass index; SA, sickness absence.