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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: The following were independently associated with slower return to work : age (hazard ratio [HR] 0. 99, 95 % confidence interval [95 % CI] 0. 98-0. 99), female sex (HR 0. 84, 95 % CI 0. 78-0. 90), married (HR 0. 90, 95 % CI 0. 83-0. 97), peripheral osteoarthritis (HR 0. 77, 95 % CI 0. 6-0. 9), sciatica (HR 0. 59, 95 % CI 0. 54-0. 65), self-employment (HR 0. 56, 95 % CI 0. 48-0. 65), unemployment (HR 0. 41, 95 % CI 0. 28-0. 58), manual worker (HR 0. 86, 95 % CI 0. 79-0. 94), and work position covered during sick leave (HR 0. 84, 95 % CI 0. 77-0. 92).