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Table 3 Mortality of alcohol use disorder, alcohol induced mental disorder and alcohol induced medical condition-related sick leave managed as an outpatient or by psychiatric inpatient treatment

From: Alcohol use disorder-related sick leave and mortality: a cohort study

Gender

Illness

Type of treatment **

Hazard ratio*

Confidence interval

Men

Alcohol addiction and misuse

Outpatient only

2.90

2.24–3.75

Inpatient

3.23 †††

2.76–3.78

Alcohol induced mental disorders

Outpatient only

4.14

2.79–6.13

Inpatient

4.52

3.24–6.31

Alcohol induced medical conditions

Outpatient only

2.96

2.38–3.67

Inpatient

6.35

5.13–7.87

Women

Alcohol addiction and misuse

Outpatient only

5.83

2.90–11.75

Inpatient

6.46 †††

4.41–9.47

Alcohol induced mental disorders

Outpatient only

8.75

2.81–27.22

Inpatient

3.10

1.00–9.66

Alcohol induced medical conditions

Outpatient only

4.18

2.30–7.60

Inpatient

8.82

5.36–14.53

Both

Alcohol addiction and misuse

Outpatient only

3.46

2.71–4.41

Inpatient

3.85 †††

3.33–4.45

Alcohol induced mental disorders

Outpatient only

4.88

3.37–7.09

Inpatient

4.74

3.45–6.54

Alcohol induced medical conditions

Outpatient only

3.37

2.75–4.13

  

Inpatient

7.04

5.79–8.58

  1. * Hazard ratios adjusted for age, education, job code classification.
  2. **Outpatient treatment = Alcohol-use-disorder (AUD)-related sick leave managed on an outpatient basis. Inpatient = AUD-related psychiatric inpatient treatment. None=Neither outpatient or inpatient treatment.
  3. †††Denotes a statistically significant gender interaction (HR 2.16, CI 1.43-3.25).