Table 2.

Association Between Occupational Position at Baseline and Social Support at Baseline and at Last Follow-up in Study Participants, Whitehall II Study, 1985–2009

	Men (n = 6,339)		Women (n = 2,994)		P Valuea
	ORb	95% CI	ORb	95% CI
Baseline
Low level of confiding/emotional support	1.48	1.20, 1.82	0.74	0.55, 0.99	<0.001
Low level of practical support	1.79	1.46, 2.20	0.77	0.60, 0.99	<0.001
High level of negative aspects of close relationships	1.52	1.25, 1.84	1.11	0.86, 1.44	0.040
Low network score	1.30	1.06, 1.59	1.68	1.25, 2.24	0.140
Not married/cohabiting	5.19	4.17, 6.45	0.70	0.54, 0.90	<0.001
Last follow-upc
Low level of confiding/emotional support	1.96	1.53, 2.50	0.85	0.64, 1.14	<0.001
Low level of practical support	1.90	1.48, 2.44	0.97	0.74, 1.28	<0.001
High level of negative aspects of close relationships	1.43	1.09, 1.89	1.02	0.74, 1.42	0.150
Low network score	1.74	1.35, 2.23	0.80	0.61, 1.06	<0.001
Not married/cohabiting	5.39	4.10, 7.09	0.87	0.66, 1.16	<0.001

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.

^aP for interaction between sex and occupational position.

^bOccupational position was entered as a 3-level categorical variable; the odds ratio of the lowest occupational position versus the highest is reported here.

^cPhase 7, the last phase at which data on social support were collected.