“…Comorbid conditions examined were depression, other psychiatric disorders, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and musculoskeletal disorders. These conditions are common causes of work disability in Sweden (14), and depression (15,16), cardiovascular diseases (17), and musculoskeletal disorders (18,19), have also been linked with diabetes. Indication of these conditions was based on having either a medication purchase record entry or in-or out-patient hospitalization record entry, or both.…”