Mean duration and frequency of sick leave
| Sporting activity | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Lifetime | |||
| *p<0.05; †p<0.005; ‡p<0.0005. | ||||
| All | Did not practice sport 59% (n = 723) | Practiced sport 41% (n = 505) | Never practiced sport 12% (n = 138) | Practiced sport 88% (n = 980) |
| Frequency of very short term sick leave (1–2 days) | 1.47 | 1.74* | 1.43 | 1.60 |
| Frequency of short term sick leave (3–7 days) | 3.28 | 3.03 | 2.98 | 3.17 |
| Frequency of medium long term sick leave (8–21 days) | 1.61‡ | 1.15 | 1.74† | 1.29 |
| Frequency of long term sick leave (>22 days) | 0.80* | 0.67 | 0.92* | 0.71 |
| Frequency of total sick leave | 7.14 | 6.59 | 7.08 | 6.77 |
| Total duration of sick leave (in days) | 94.72‡ | 74.52 | 109.10† | 81.44 |
| Always a lot of sedentary work | Did not practice sport 45% (n = 157) | Practiced sport 55% (n = 189) | Never practiced sport 5% (n = 16) | Practiced sport 95% (n = 305) |
| Frequency of very short term sick leave (1–2 days) | 1.65 | 1.79 | 0.51 | 1.80* |
| Frequency of short term sick leave (3–7 days) | 3.17 | 2.90 | 1.49 | 3.08* |
| Frequency of medium long term sick leave (8–21 days) | 1.20† | 0.76 | 1.66* | 0.84 |
| Frequency of long term sick leave (>22 days) | 0.60 | 0.44 | 0.70 | 0.49 |
| Frequency of total sick leave | 6.61 | 5.89 | 4.37 | 6.22 |
| Total duration of sick leave (in days) | 76.36* | 52.20 | 112.76* | 59.25 |
| Not always sedentary work | Did not practice sport 64% (n = 566) | Practiced sport 36% (n = 316) | Never practiced sport 15% (n = 122) | Practiced sport85% (n = 675) |
| Frequency of very short term sick leave (1–2 days) | 1.42 | 1.69 | 1.58 | 1.51 |
| Frequency of short term sick leave (3–7 days) | 3.30 | 3.12 | 3.12 | 3.23 |
| Frequency of medium long term sick leave (8–21 days) | 1.71* | 1.40 | 1.74 | 1.50 |
| Frequency of long term sick leave (>22 days) | 0.85 | 0.82 | 0.93 | 0.81 |
| Frequency of total sick leave | 7.28 | 7.03 | 7.37 | 7.04 |
| Total duration of sick leave (in days) | 99.89 | 87.74 | 106.59 | 91.83 |