Table 2 Relation of individual and work unit level effort‐reward imbalance with sedentary lifestyle: adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) from logistic regression models with generalised estimating equations (n = 35 918).

	n	Model 1	Model 2
Women
Individual level
Low imbalance	8976	1	1
Intermediate imbalance	11062	0.97 (0.91 to 1.03)	0.97(0.90 to 1.03)
High imbalance	8749	1.10 (1.03 to 1.18)	1.08 (1.01 to 1.16)
Work unit level
Low imbalance	9506	1	1
Intermediate imbalance	9922	0.96 (0.90 to 1.03)	0.95 (0.89 to 1.02)
High imbalance	9359	1.04 (0.97 to 1.12)	1.00 (0.93 to 1.07)
Men
Individual level
Low imbalance	2619	1	1
Intermediate imbalance	2403	0.96 (0.84 to 1.10)	0.96 (0.84 to 1.09)
High imbalance	2109	1.22 (1.07 to 1.39)	1.17 (1.02 to 1.33)
Work unit level
Low imbalance	2381	1	1
Intermediate imbalance	1964	1.05 (0.90 to 1.22)	1.04 (0.89 to 1.22)
High imbalance	2786	1.13 (0.98 to 1.30)	1.05 (0.91 to 1.21)

Only participants with no missing data in any of the covariates were included in these models.

Model 1 includes adjustment for age.

Model 2 includes adjustment for age, marital status, occupational status, job contract, smoking, and heavy drinking.