Absenteeism and years of smoking cessation
| Measure | Current smokers3-150 | Former smokers3-150 | Change per year of cessation3-151 | p Value3-152 |
| Study absenteeism days caused by sickness | 3.99 | 2.4 | −0.1 | 0.03 |
| Study attendance interruptions caused by sickness | 0.89 | 0.59 | −0.017 | 0.04 |
| One year absenteeism days caused by sickness | 6.16 | 4.53 | −0.15 | 0.04 |
| One year attendance interruptions caused by sickness | 1.72 | 1.09 | −0.045 | 0.005 |
↵3-150 Mean value.
↵3-151 Analysis performed using multivariate ordinary linear least squares regression, controlling for age, sex, full time/part time employment status, and time since smoking cessation. Only current and former smokers were included in the analysis, as time since cessation would be undefined for never smokers. A zero value for time since cessation was assigned to current smokers.
↵3-152 p Value refers to the significance of the independent variable “years of cessation” in the regression model.