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Sex Differences in Health Effects of Family Death or Illness: Are Women More Vulnerable Than Men?

Jussi Vahtera, MD, PhD, Mika Kivimäki, PhD, Ari Väänänen, PhD, Anne Linna, MSc, Jaana Pentti, BSc, Hans Helenius, MSc and Marko Elovainio, PhD

From the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Turku, Finland (J.V., A.L., J.P.); Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Department of Psychology, Helsinki, Finland (M.K., A.V.); University of Helsinki, Department of Psychology, Finland (M.K.); University of Turku, Department of Biostatistics, Turku, Finland (H.H.); Research and Development Centre for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland (M.E.).


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  		Figure 1. Effect of death or illness in the extended family on sickness absence among the men and women. Means and their 95% confidence intervals derived from repeated measures Poisson regression GEE analysis adjusted for age, education, and marital status.

 




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