Table 2

Comparison of associations between PROGRESS factors and SF-12 physical component across subpopulations with different diseases for the whole population (model I), and subgroup of persons expected to have paid employment (model II)

SF-12 (physical), β (95% CI)*
Factor of interestMusculoskeletal disordersCardiovascular disordersDiabetesMental disordersCancerRespiratory disordersHealthy population
Model In=1747n=1836n=540n=522n=267n=671n=4422
Intercept54.16 (51.54 to 56.78)62.85 (59.76 to 66.94)64.88 (59.12 to 70.64)60.60 (56.59–64.61)52.01 (43.56 to 60.46)58.53 (54.95 to 62.18)57.36 (56.69 to 58 to 02)
No education/lowest school vs university education−5.29 (−7.69 to −2.89)−6.57 (−8.72 to −4.41)−5.06 (−8.65 to −1.48)−7.97 (−12.35 to −3.59)−3.45 (−9.26 to 2.37)−9.01 (−12.64 to −5.38)−4.16 (−5.60 to −2.71)
Lower professional school vs university education−3.09 (−4.73 to −1.45)−3.18 (−4.74 to −1.63)−2.24(−4.95 to 0.47)−8.89 (−11.95 to −5.82)−0.78 (−5.77 to 4.21)−4.65 (−7.26 to −2.04)−1.25 (−1.86 to −0.64)
Middle or professional secondary school vs university education−2.50 (−3.82 to −1.17)−1.91 (−3.2 to −0.62)−0.09(−2.44 to 2.26)−3.24 (−5.41 to −1.07)−0.58 (−4.54 to 3.38)−2.19 (−4.29 to −0.08)−0.72 (−1.13 to −0.32)
Secondary school vs university education−2.02 (−3.89 to −0.15)−1.52 (−3.3 to 0.27)−0.76(−3.95 to 2.43)−4.34 (−7.2 to −1.48)2.83 (−1.75 to 7.4)0.65 (−2.36 to 3.67)−0.26 (−0.82 to 0.31)
Age (years)−0.10 (−0.14 to −0.06)−0.17 (−0.22 to −0.13)−0.17 (−0.26 to −0.09)−0.16 (−0.23 to −0.09)−0.07 (−0.19 to 0.05)−0.13 (−0.19 to −0.07)−0.05 (−0.07 to −0.04)
Female vs male−2.14 (−3.25 to −1.03)−2.66 (−3.72 to −1.59)−2.77 (−4.75 to −0.78)−1.51 (−3.5 to 0.49)−2.85 (−5.99 to 0.28)−0.62 (−2.44 to 1.21)−0.94 (−1.28 to −0.6)
Number of other comorbidities−2.93 (−3.41 to −2.46)−4.12 (−4.66 to −3.58)−4.05 (−4.83 to −3.27)−3.23 (−4.15 to −2.3)−3.28 (−4.63 to −1.92)−3.78 (−4.46 to −3.1)NA
BMI (overweight vs normal)†0.31 (−0.92 to 1.54)0.22 (−0.95 to 1.39)−1.13(−3.61 to 1.34)−2.87 (−5 to −0.75)−2.13 (−5.29 to 1.02)−1.7 (−3.64 to 0.23)−0.62 (−1.00 to −0.24)
BMI (obese vs normal)†−2.13 (−3.64 to −0.61)−2.54 (−3.97 to −1.12)−2.91 (−5.58 to −0.24)−2.25 (−4.82 to 0.33)−0.92 (−5.27 to 3.43)−2.29 (−4.66 to 0.08)−2.19 (−2.88 to −1.5)
Smoking (current vs never)−2.74 (−4.21 to −1.27)−1.51 (−3.09 to 0.07)−2.07(−4.99 to 0.84)−2.35 (−4.67 to −0.03)−2.65 (−7.06 to 1.76)−1.89 (−4.29 to 0.51)−0.31 (−0.79 to 0.18)
Smoking (smoked before vs never)−0.77 (−1.97 to 0.42)0.33 (−0.79 to 1.44)−1.01(−3.05 to 1.04)1.78 (−0.35 to 3.92)0.40 (−2.64 to 3.44)0.99 (−0.99 to 2.96)−0.13 (−0.51 to 0.26)
Model IIn=790n=569n=140n=262n=71n=296n=3165
Intercept51.48 (47.78 to 55.19)52.33 (47.34 to 57.32)60.07 (50.36 to 69.78)58.52 (53.02 to 64.01)48.72 (30.68 to 66.77)54.30 (49.51 to 59.09)55.70 (54.95 to 56.46)
Unemployed vs paid work−1.49 (−4.73 to 1.75)0.90 (−2.7 to 4.49)2.13 (−3.09 to 7.35)0.55 (−3.21 to 4.32)3.91 (−7.42 to 15.23)−3.04 (−7.84 to 1.75)−0.87 (−1.92 to 0.18)
Receiving state subsidy vs paid work−5.03 (−9.5 to −0.57)−11.58 (−17.72 to −5.43)−10.03 (−20.97 to 0.91)−5.89 (−11.05 to −0.73)−7.32 (−40.16 to 25.52)−8.76 (−16.29 to −1.22)−2.37 (−5.59 to 0.85)
Age (years)−0.06 (−0.13 to 0.01)0.00 (−0.08 to 0.09)−0.13 (−0.31 to 0.05)−0.06 (−0.17 to 0.04)−0.02 (−0.35 to 0.30)−0.06 (−0.15 to 0.04)−0.03 (−0.04 to −0.01)
Female vs male−1.58 (−3.03 to −0.13)−0.21 (−1.77 to 1.35)−0.55 (−3.60 to 2.50)−0.62 (−2.98 to 1.74)0.22 (−5.65 to 6.09)0.03 (−2.13 to 2.2)−0.58 (−0.92 to −0.24)
Number of other comorbidities−1.75 (−2.57 to −0.93)−3.55 (−4.41 to −2.68)−2.81 (−4.20 to −1.41)−4.16 (−5.39 to −2.93)−2.45 (−5.31 to 0.40)−3.41 (−4.61 to −2.21)NA
No education/lowest school vs university education−5.85 (−10.95 to −0.74)−4.89 (−10.87 to 1.09)−9.46 (−24.25 to 5.34)0.66 (−9.49 to 10.8)3.92 (−9.81 to 17.65)−6.89 (−16.3 to 2.52)−0.93 (−2.69 to 0.83)
Lower professional school vs university education−4.18 (−6.4 to −1.95)−1.57 (−4.04 to 0.90)−5.42 (−9.96 to −0.88)−6.89 (−11.58 to −2.2)−3.1 (−11.74 to 5.55)−2.56 (−5.73 to 0.61)−1.15 (−1.82 to −0.48)
Middle or professional secondary school vs university education−2.44 (−4.1 to −0.78)−1.25 (−3.00 to 0.50)−1.49 (−4.92 to 1.94)−3.04 (−5.44 to −0.64)0.61 (−6.42 to 7.65)−0.48 (−2.88 to 1.92)−0.9 (−1.3 to −0.51)
Secondary school vs university education−2.83 (−5.28 to −0.38)−2.01 (−4.44 to 0.43)−2.01 (−6.96 to 2.93)−5.57 (−8.94 to −2.19)−0.15 (−7.26 to 6.96)−0.9 (−4.4 to 2.6)−0.38 (−0.96 to 0.21)
  • *Significant estimates are highlighted in bold.

  • †β-Coefficient for ‘underweight versus normal weight’ is not presented in the table.

  • BMI, body-mass index; model I, model was run on the total sample; model II, model was run on subsample <65 years and either employed, unemployed or receiving state subsidy; NA, not applicable; SF-12, 12-item Short-Form Health Survey.