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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Occup Environ Med. 2010 Jan;52(Suppl 1):S34–S41. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181c88525

Table 2.

Images of a Healthy Worksite. Baseline association between chronic and acute stressors with BMI (N=11; n=2782)

Table 2 Model 1A Model 1B Model 2 Model 3 Model 4

β (SE) β (SE) β (SE) β (SE) β (SE)

Intercept 28.27 (0.32) 27.86 (0.53) 27.70 (0.56) 25.75 (1.01) 25.90 (1.04)

Psychosocial Work Environment (ref: Passive)
 High Job Strain 0.88 (0.35)* 0.84 (0.36)* 0.89 (0.39)* 0.68 (0.39)
 Low Job Strain 0.38 (0.31) 0.28 (0.32) 0.09 (0.34) 0.01 (0.34)
 Active 0.42 (0.35) 0.39 (0.35) 0.39 (0.37) 0.49 (0.37)

Job Insecurity 0.11 (0.07) 0.08 (0.07) 0.05 (0.07) 0.06 (0.07)

Age 0.05 (0.02)* 0.04 (0.02)*

Gender Female - 0.78 (0.27)* - 0.84 (0.27)*

Race (ref: White)
 African American 1.99 (0.63)* 1.46 (0.63)*
 Other - 2.49 (0.72)* - 2.39 (0.71)*

Income (ref: ≥ $60,000)
 $30,000-$59,999 0.90 (0.30)* 0.76 (0.30)*
 ≤ $29,999 - 0.63 (0.86) - 1.06 (0.85)

Smoking (ref: Never)
 Current - 0.67 (0.44)
 Ex-smoker 0.36 (0.29)

Education (ref: Undergraduate)
 Graduate - 1.50 (0.36)* - 1.27 (0.36)*
 Secondary or less 0.16 (0.34) - 0.10 (0.33)

Godin Score - 0.02 (0.00)*

Fruits and Vegetables (ser/day) - 0.02 (0.06)

TV Viewing (hrs/day) (ref: < 2 hrs/day)
 2-3 hrs/day 2.37 (0.43)*
 ≥ 4 hrs/day 1.35 (0.28)*

BMI = Body Mass Index;

*

p-value = < 0.05