Table 2. Bivariate correlations between the main variables in women (above diagonal, n = 334) and men (below diagonal, n = 325).

	1. AA	2. JS	3. PD	4. SD	5. DA	6. SES	7. AL
1. Adversity in Adolescence (AA)	1	0.13 *	0.05	−0.09	−0.11	−0.18 **	0.12 *
2. Job Strain (JS)	0.05	1	0.68 **	−0.15 **	−0.65 **	−0.05	0.06
3. Psychological Demands (PD)	0.09	0.64 **	1	0.09	−0.07	0.03	0.04
4. Skill Discretion (SD)	−0.02	−0.16 **	0.24 **	1	0.41 **	0.37 **	−0.11 *
5. Decision Authority (DA)	0.06	−0.60 **	0.07	0.49 **	1	0.14 *	−0.10
6. Socio-economic status (SES)	−0.09	−0.06	0.14 **	0.37 **	0.30 **	1	−0.18 **
7. Allostatic Load (AL)	0.08	−0.13 *	−0.07	−0.11 *	0.07	−0.18 **	1

^*p<0.05;

^**p<0.01.