Table 1

ORs, with 95% CI for return to gainful occupation 2 years after stroke

Parameter	Level	N	Returns	OR (95% CI)
Gender	Men	12 114	7698	1.00 (–)
Gender	Women	7789	4677	0.79 (0.74 to 0.84)
Age	<50 years	9930	6608	1.00 (–)
Age	50–57 years	9973	5767	0.61 (0.57 to 0.65)
Diagnosis	Subarachnoid haemorrhage	3449	2070	0.79 (0.71 to 0.88)
	Intracerebral haemorrhage	2272	976	0.39 (0.35 to 0.43)
	Cerebral infarction	5952	3820	1.00 (–)
	Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction	8230	5509	1.14 (1.06 to 1.23)
Self-employment	No	17 916	11 180	1.00 (–)
Self-employment	Yes	1987	1195	0.87 (0.78 to 0.96)
Occupational class	Legislators, senior officials and managers	1231	822	2.31 (2.00 to 2.68)
	Professionals	2190	1624	3.04 (2.70 to 3.43)
	Technicians and associate professionals	2980	2084	2.33 (2.05 to 2.65)
	Workers in occupations that require skills at a basic level	9129	5478	1.50 (1.38 to 1.64)
	Workers in elementary occupations	2475	1254	1.00 (–)
	Gainfully occupied people not otherwise specified	1898	1113	1.28 (1.15 to 1.43)
Municipality type	Municipality without brain-injury centre	15 861	9908	1.00 (–)
Municipality type	Municipality with brain-injury centre	4042	2467	0.91 (0.78 to 1.06)