Table 1

Number (%) of participants across different outcomes

Men (n = 15557)Women (n = 4906)
Number of participants with a total number of sickness absence days ⩾C753949 (25.4)1306 (26.6)
Number of participants with at least one short spell of sickness absence5867 (37.7)2340 (47.7)
Number of participants with at least one long spell of sickness absence1018 (6.5)443 (9.0)
Number of participants with repetitive spells of sickness absence1538 (9.9)781 (15.9)
Number of participants without any sickness absence days7219 (46.4)1674 (34.1)