Table 1 Demographic characteristics at baseline in two epidemiological cohorts.

Characteristic	10‐Town study		Hospital Personnel study
	n	%*	n	%*
Baseline
Mean age (range)	18066	44.9 (19–62)	4833	44.3 (20–60)
Sex
Men	3946	22	520	11
Women	14120	78	4313	89
Occupational status
Higher‐grade non‐manual	6220	34	824	17
Lower‐grade non‐manual	8779	49	3419	71
Manual	3067	17	590	12
Effort‐reward imbalance, mean (SD)	18066	1.58 (0.54)	4833	1.46 (0.46)
Procedural injustice, mean (SD)	18066	3.65 (0.92)	4833	3.61 (0.94)
Relational injustice, mean (SD)	18066	3.16 (0.86)	4833	2.75 (0.77)
Pre‐existing poor self‐rated health
No	13039	73	3981	83
Yes	4796	27	835	17
Pre‐existing GHQ cases
No	13375	74	3781	78
Yes	4623	26	1040	22
History of doctor‐diagnosed depression
No	14779	88	4232	92
Yes	2071	12	388	8
Follow‐up†
Incident poor self‐rated health
No	10552	82	3327	84
Yes	2342	18	625	16
Incident GHQ caseness
No	10861	82	3127	83
Yes	2457	18	636	17
Incident cases of doctor‐diagnosed depression
No	12929	94	3937	96
Yes	896	6	153	4

*Unless otherwise stated.

†In each indicator of morbidity, we excluded participants with morbidity at baseline.