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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 3.

Images of a Healthy Worksite. Baseline association between chronic and acute stressors with the odds of being obese/overweight1 (N=11; n=2782)

Predictors Model 1A Model 1B Model 2 Model 3 Model 4

OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)

Psychosocial Work Environment (ref: Passive)
High Job Strain 1.49 (1.13, 1.96)* 1.44 (1.09, 1.91)* 1.45 (1.09, 1.95)* 1.34 (1.00, 1.80)*
Low Job Strain 1.30 (1.01, 1.67)* 1.23 (0.95, 1.59) 1.24 (0.95, 1.62) 1.24 (0.95, 1.62)
Active 1.28 (0.97, 1.69) 1.26 (0.95, 1.67) 1.45 (1.09, 1.94)* 1.50 (1.12, 2.03)*

Job Insecurity 1.06 (1.01,1.12)* 1.04 (0.99, 1.10) 1.03 (0.98, 1.09) 1.03 (0.97, 1.09)

Age 1.01 (1.00, 1.03)* 1.01 (1.00, 1.03)*

Gender (ref: Male)
Female 0.87 (0.71, 1.06)

Race (ref: White)
African American 1.99 (1.33, 2.99)* 1.69 (1.11, 2.58)*
Other 0.36 (0.14, 0.95)* 0.32 (0.12, 0.90)*

Smoking (ref: Never)
Current Smoker 0.75 (0.54, 1.05)
Ex-smoker 1.09 (0.88, 1.35)

Education (ref: Undergraduate)
Graduate 0.48 (0.34, 0.68)* 0.51 (0.35, 0.73)*
Secondary or less 1.20 (0.95, 1.51) 1.02 (0.81, 1.29)

Godin Score 0.99 (0.97, 0.99)*

Fruits/Vegetables Score 1.00 (0.95, 1.05)

TV Viewing (ref: < 2 hrs/day)
2-3 hrs/day 1.77 (1.40, 2.24)
≥ 4 hrs/day 2.50 (1.82, 3.45)
1

Obese/overweight: Body Mass Index > 24.9

*

P-value < 0.05