Table 2.
Results from the Kruskal-Wallis test comparing CVD risk and WHO-5 among Karasek’s categories and Job support categories in the overall study population.
| Passive | Low strain | Active | High strain | Kruskal-Wallis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 116 (28%) | N = 0 | N = 0 | N = 297 (72%) | p | |||||
| Med | IQR | Med | IQR | Med. | IQR | Med. | IQR | ||
| CVD risk Score | 7.3 | 4.32–10.52 | - | - | - | - | 8.3 | 5.5–12.0 | 0.435 |
| WHO-5 | 13.0 | 10.0–15.0 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 11.0–18.0 | 0.005 |
| Low support | High support | ||||||||
| N = 190 | N = 223 | ||||||||
| Med | IQR | Med | IQR | ||||||
| CVD risk Score | 8.2 | 5.25–12.2 | 7.5 | 4.6–12.8 | 0.043 | ||||
| WHO-5 | 12 | 9.0–15.0 | 16 | 13–19 | <0.001 | ||||