Sick leave, disability pension and mortality among patients with CAB (N=450) and blood culture-negative controls (N=6936)
| Risk number of events (% of N) | Risk difference, % (95% CI) | Relative risk (95% CI) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| patients with CAB | Controls | Crude | Adjusted | Crude | Adjusted | ||
| Sick leave* | ≥4 weeks | 181 (40.2) | 1658 (23.9) | 16.3 (11.7 to 21.0) | 14.1 (9.5 to 18.7) | 1.68 (1.49 to 1.90) | 1.51 (1.34 to 1.70) |
| ≥52 weeks | 26 (5.8) | 181 (2.6) | 3.2 (1.0 to 5.4) | 3.0 (0.8 to 5.2) | 2.21 (1.48 to 3.30) | 1.96 (1.31 to 2.93) | |
| Disability pension | 1 year | 12 (2.7) | 183 (2.6) | 0.0 (−1.5 to 1.6) | −0.5 (−2.1 to 1.0) | 1.01 (0.57 to 1.80) | 0.99 (0.48 to 2.02) |
| Mortality | 30 days | 18 (4.0) | 99 (1.4) | 2.6 (0.7 to 4.4) | 2.2 (0.4 to 4.0) | 2.80 (1.71 to 4.59) | 2.34 (1.22 to 4.50) |
| 1 year | 36 (8.0) | 271 (3.9) | 4.1 (1.5 to 6.6) | 3.1 (0.6 to 5.6) | 2.05 (1.47 to 2.86) | 1.73 (1.18 to 2.55) | |
*Sick leave for ≥4 and ≥52 consecutive weeks after blood culture draw.
Relative risk and risk difference computed by log-binomial regression (sick leave analyses) and regression analyses based on pseudo-observations (disability pension and mortality analyses). Estimates are adjusted for age, gender, Charlson comorbidity score, alcoholism-related disease, medication use, marital and immigrant status. Because of few events, 30-day mortality estimates were not adjusted for medication use, marital and immigrant status. Because of failure to converge, risk difference estimates for sick leave were not adjusted for immigrant status.
CAB, community-acquired bacteraemia.