Table 3 Sick leave between 4th November 2003 and 27th December 2010 and medication of patients with elevated and normal calcium concentrations 1995–2000 at Tibro Health Care Centre, Sweden
Patients with elevated calcium concentrations | Patients with normal calcium concentrations | Comparison between the groups | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | Number | Mean | Median | Number | Mean | Median | p-value |
Data from register | |||||||
Number | 127 | 254 | |||||
Sick leave | |||||||
Individuals with certificates | 12 | 25 | 0.90 | ||||
Certificates/individual (n) | 7.5 | 6.5 | 5.2 | 2.0 | 0.02 | ||
Days/individual | 258 | 144 | 120 | 22 | 0.007 | ||
Days/certificate | 34 | 28 | 23 | 17 | < 0.001 | ||
Days/sick leave episode | 87 | 47 | 54 | 15 | 0.001 | ||
Data from clinical investigation | |||||||
Medication | |||||||
All | 63 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 132 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 0.002 |