Table II.

Poisson regression for associations between job demand–control and biomarkers for coronary heart disease.

	Hypertension DBP			Hypertension SBP			Low HDL-cholesterol			High LDL-cholesterol			Coronary artery calcification			Metabolic syndrome
	Cases	PR	95% CI	Cases	PR	95% CI	Cases	PR	95% CI	Cases	PR	95% CI	Cases	PR	95% CI	Cases	PR	95% CI
Men
High strain a	58	1.13	0.89–1.43	95	1.16	0.99–1.36	51	1.48	1.12–1.94	65	0.91	0.73–1.13	103	1.08	0.94–1.24	81	1.46	1.20–1.77
Active a	119	1.03	0.85–1.23	171	0.92	0.81–1.06	82	1.04	0.82–1.32	160	0.99	0.85–1.15	219	1.01	0.90–1.13	133	1.06	0.89–1.27
Passive a	134	1.14	0.96–1.36	198	1.06	0.94–1.20	91	1.17	0.93–1.48	147	0.92	0.78–1.07	226	1.04	0.93–1.15	150	1.20	1.01–1.41
High strain b	58	0.97	0.76–1.25	95	1.11	0.94–1.31	51	1.33	0.99–1.77	65	0.91	0.73–1.15	103	1.08	0.93–1.26	81	1.25	1.02–1.52
Active b	119	1.03	0.85–1.25	171	0.95	0.82–1.09	82	0.99	0.77–1.26	160	0.97	0.83–1.14	219	1.01	0.90–1.13	133	1.04	0.87–1.25
Passive b	134	1.10	0.92–1.31	198	1.03	0.91–1.16	91	1.13	0.89–1.42	147	0.91	0.78–1.07	226	1.04	0.93–1.15	150	1.14	0.97–1.34
High strain c	58	0.94	0.73–1.20	95	1.08	0.92–1.26	51	1.28	0.95–1.72	65	0.91	0.72–1.14	103	1.07	0.92–1.24		N/A
Active c	119	1.00	0.83–1.21	171	0.93	0.81–1.07	82	0.95	0.74–1.22	160	0.97	0.83–1.13	219	1.01	0.90–1.13		N/A
Passive c	134	1.09	0.91–1.29	198	1.02	0.90–1.15	91	1.11	0.88–1.40	147	0.91	0.78–1.06	226	1.04	0.93–1.15		N/A
Women
High strain a	91	1.35	1.07–1.70	116	1.21	1.00–1.47	64	1.90	1.38–2.61	125	1.05	0.88–1.25	73	0.91	0.72–1.16	90	1.45	1.15–1.85
Active a	98	1.04	0.82–1.31	147	1.10	0.92–1.31	58	1.26	0.91–1.76	164	0.98	0.84–1.15	129	1.13	0.93–1.36	94	1.09	0.86–1.38
Passive a	131	1.42	1.15–1.76	166	1.28	1.08–1.51	58	1.29	0.92–1.79	162	0.99	0.84–1.16	124	1.10	0.90–1.33	103	1.22	0.97–1.53
High strain b	91	1.20	0.93–1.55	116	1.08	0.88–1.32	64	1.71	1.20–2.45	125	0.99	0.83–1.19	73	0.81	0.62–1.05	90	1.18	0.92–1.52
Active b	98	1.01	0.79–1.29	147	1.09	0.90–1.32	58	1.26	0.88–1.81	164	0.98	0.83–1.16	129	1.15	0.94–1.41	94	1.04	0.87–1.25
Passive b	131	1.37	1.10–1.70	166	1.21	1.01–1.44	58	1.18	0.85–1.65	162	0.94	0.80–1.11	124	1.04	0.85–1.28	103	1.09	0.86–1.37
High strain c	91	1.23	0.96–1.57	116	1.09	0.90–1.33	64	1.76	1.25–2.48	125	0.99	0.83–1.19	73	0.81	0.62–1.05		N/A
Active c	98	0.97	0.76–1.23	147	1.06	0.88–1.28	58	1.21	0.85–1.71	164	0.97	0.82–1.15	129	1.13	0.92–1.39		N/A
Passive c	131	1.29	1.05–1.59	166	1.15	0.97–1.36	58	1.12	0.81–1.54	162	0.92	0.78–1.09	124	1.03	0.83–1.26		N/A

PR: prevalence ratio; CI: confidence interval; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; SBP: systolic blood pressure; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein. Reference: low strain.

^aModel 1: adjusted for age.

^bModel 2: model 1 + higher education, smoking, physical activity, general life stress.

^cModel 3: model 2 + body mass index.

Bold indicate statistically significant