TABLE 1.
Psychosocial Factors Among 7663 Employees Free of Cardiovascular Disease at Baseline, by Baseline Characteristics: Still Working Study, Finland, 1986
| Skill Discretion, Mean (SD) | P for Trend | Decision Authority, Mean (SD) | P for Trend | Predictability, Mean (SD) | P for Trend | |
| Age at baseline, y | <.001 | <.001 | .96 | |||
| 18–44 | 3.31 (0.82) | 3.57 (0.82) | 3.80 (0.62) | |||
| 45–54 | 3.32 (0.82) | 3.56 (0.86) | 3.80 (0.66) | |||
| 55–64 | 3.51 (0.70) | 3.84 (0.81) | 3.81 (0.67) | |||
| Gender | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | |||
| Women | 2.88 (0.80) | 3.32 (0.85) | 3.56 (0.67) | |||
| Men | 3.45 (0.77) | 3.87 (0.81) | 3.87 (0.61) | |||
| Occupational status | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | |||
| White collar | 3.75 (0.73) | 3.94 (0.66) | 3.94 (0.62) | |||
| Blue collar | 3.12 (0.77) | 3.41 (0.85) | 3.74 (0.63) | |||
| Educational attainment | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | |||
| Vocational school/college | 3.92 (0.71) | 4.08 (0.63) | 4.04 (0.60) | |||
| Vocational school | 3.39 (0.80) | 3.59 (0.77) | 3.82 (0.62) | |||
| No vocational education | 3.05 (0.74) | 3.40 (0.87) | 3.70 (0.64) | |||
| Marital status | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | |||
| Married | 3.41 (0.81) | 3.62 (0.82) | 3.83 (0.63) | |||
| Unmarried | 3.12 (0.80) | 3.48 (0.84) | 3.74 (0.64) | |||
| Smoking status | .004 | .02 | <.001 | |||
| No | 3.35 (0.80) | 3.60 (0.83) | 3.78 (0.64) | |||
| Yes | 3.28 (0.84) | 3.55 (0.85) | 3.86 (0.63) | |||
| Alcohol usea | .26 | .15 | .23 | |||
| No | 3.33 (0.82) | 3.58 (0.83) | 3.80 (0.64) | |||
| Yes | 3.30 (0.81) | 3.54 (0.82) | 3.83 (0.62) | |||
| Physical activity | <.001 | .36 | .007 | |||
| More than once per week | 3.32 (0.81) | 3.58 (0.82) | 3.81 (0.64) | |||
| Once per week | 3.38 (0.81) | 3.60 (0.81) | 3.83 (0.62) | |||
| Less than once per week | 3.28 (0.82) | 3.57 (0.86) | 3.77 (0.65) | |||
| Prevalent hypertension | .29 | .15 | .86 | |||
| No | 3.32 (0.82) | 3.58 (0.83) | 3.80 (0.64) | |||
| Yes | 3.37 (0.75) | 3.65 (0.81) | 3.81 (0.62) | |||
| Prevalent diabetes | .08 | .13 | .05 | |||
| No | 3.32 (0.81) | 3.58 (0.83) | 3.80 (0.64) | |||
| Yes | 3.51 (0.82) | 3.74 (0.81) | 3.97 (0.60) | |||
| Psychological distress | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | |||
| No | 3.39 (0.80) | 3.64 (0.82) | 3.88 (0.61) | |||
| Yes | 3.13 (0.84) | 3.41 (0.84) | 3.58 (0.66) | |||
| Physical work environment | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | |||
| No hazards | 3.47 (0.78) | 3.74 (0.78) | 3.86 (0.62) | |||
| Hazardous | 3.16 (0.82) | 3.41 (0.85) | 3.74 (0.65) |
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Frequency of binge drinking: no = less than twice per month; yes = twice or more per month.