Table 4.

Risk of having the metabolic syndrome by relative index of inequality of employment grade. Multivariate multiple imputation logistic regression models: non-retired men and women in the Whitehall II cohort at phase 5

	Odds ratio (95% CI)	P for linear trend	Reduction in log odds from model I
Age+sex (model I)	2.33 (1.38 to 3.93)	<0.01
Age+sex+work stress	2.13 (1.22 to 3.71)	0.01	10.5%
Age+sex+health behaviours	2.04 (1.05 to 3.95)	0.04	15.6%
Age+sex+work stress+behaviours	1.86 (0.96 to 3.61)	0.07	26.4%