Table 1.

Adjusted* incidence rate ratios of depressive and anxiety disorders according to exposure to psychosocial risk factors at work. Women

Prevalence %	Depressive disorders				Anxiety disorders
Psychosocial risk factor	Controls	Cases	IRR adj.	CI 95%	Controls	Cases	IRR adj.	CI 95%
Job control
low <= 54	2640	699	0.95	0.83–1.10	5419	1518	1.01	0.91–1.11
54 < medium <= 62.5	3176	733	0.93	0.82–1.07	5983	1410	0.89	0.81–0.98
62.5 < medium-high <= 67	2866	833	1.15	1.02–1.30	5708	1489	0.99	0.90–1.09
high > 67 (ref)	3004	742	1		5483	1327	1
Job demands
high > 39.3	3076	664	0.89	0.78–1.02	5867	1226	0.84	0.77–0.93
39.3 >= medium-high > 34.3	2953	660	0.87	0.77–0.99	5713	1339	0.86	0.79–0.95
34.3 >= medium > 31	2915	924	1.20	1.07–1.35	5613	1674	1.09	1.00–1.19
low <= 31 (ref)	2742	759	1		5400	1505	1
Job Strain
Yes > 20	2677	726	1.01	0.92–1.12	5009	1367	1.04	0.97–1.12
No <= 20	9009	2281	1		17584	4377	1
Emotional demands
high > 47.3	2980	904	1.39	1.22–1.58	5440	1374	1.07	0.97–1.18
47.3 >= medium-high > 29.6	2820	740	1.13	0.99–1.28	5449	1449	1.03	0.94–1.12
29.6 >= medium > 21.5	3010	630	0.94	0.83–1.07	5925	1380	0.88	0.80–0.96
low <= 21.5 (ref)	2876	733	1		5779	1541	1
Working with people
high > 73.4	3113	871	1.15	1.01–1.30	5885	1426	1.03	0.94–1.13
61.8 < medium-high <= 73.4	2557	695	1.13	0.99–1.28	4937	1358	1.07	0.98–1.17
38.2 < medium <= 61.8	3357	768	0.99	0.88–1.12	6417	1615	1.01	0.93–1.10
low <= 38.2 (ref)	2659	673	1		5354	1345	1

* IRRs are adjusted for marital status (single yes/no), having children (yes/no), level of education (up to vocational/higher), income level (low/high), total level of unemployment (less than 2 years/over 2 years) residence (town/province) and nationality (Danish/not Danish) Bold types indicate significant IRRs