Table 1. Participant and study summary.
| Study1 (country) | N participants2 | N (%) female | Age: mean (SD) range | N (%) with job strain | % none/moderate/intermediate/heavy drinkers2 |
| Belstress (Belgium) | 20 732 | 4 850 (23.4) | 45.5 (5.9) 33–61 | 3 880 (18.7) | 19.1/59.0/7.4/14.5 |
| DWECS (Denmark) | 5 564 | 2 603 (46.8) | 41.8 (11.0) 18–69 | 1 236 (22.2) | 56.0/38.4/0/5.6 |
| FPS (Finland) | 45 807 | 36 990 (80.8) | 44.6 (9.4) 17–65 | 7 384 (16.1) | 13.6/76.1/3.9/6.4 |
| Gazel (France) | 11 052 | 3 021 (27.3) | 50.3 (3.0) 43–58 | 1 590 (14.4) | 12.0/69.7/7.1/11.2 |
| HeSSup (Finland) | 16 431 | 9 121 (55.5) | 39.6 (10.2) 43–58 | 2 876 (17.5) | 13.7/76.4/5.0/5.0 |
| HNR (Germany) | 1 798 | 736 (40.9) | 53.4 (5.0) 45–73 | 218 (12.2) | 20.7/59.4/6.4/13.4 |
| IPAW (Denmark) | 1 981 | 1 318 (66.5) | 41.2 (10.5) 18–68 | 343 (17.3) | 17.1/76.0/3.9/3.0 |
| POLS (the Netherlands) | 16 548 | 5 949 (35.9) | 39.1 (11.4) 15–85 | 2548 (15.4) | 8.0/83.7/7.2/1.1 |
| PUMA (Denmark) | 1 807 | 1 490 (82.5) | 42.6 (10.2) 18–69 | 273 (15.1) | 16.9/76.9/4.4/1.9 |
| Whitehall II (United Kingdom) | 10 285 | 3 399 (33.1) | 44.4 (6.1) 34–56 | 1 441 (14.0) | 19.0/65.4/5.6/9.9 |
| WOLF Norrland (Sweden) | 4 597 | 760 (16.5) | 44.0 (10.3) 19–65 | 585 (12.7) | 6.4/87.6/2.9/3.1 |
| WOLF Stockholm (Sweden) | 5 538 | 2 402 (43.4) | 41.5 (11.0) 19–70 | 886 (16.0) | 3.8/87.9/3.5/4.8 |
| All | 142 140 | 72 629 (51.1) | 44.0 (8.7), 15–85 | 23 260 (16.4) | 14.5/72.4/5.1/8.0 |
SD: standard deviation.
1
Study acronyms: DWECS: Danish Work Environment Cohort Study; FPS: Finnish Public Sector Study; HeSSup: Health and Social Support; HNR: Heinz Nixdorf Recall study; IPAW: Intervention Project on Absence and Well-being; POLS: Permanent Onderzoek Leefsituatie; PUMA: Burnout, Motivation and Job Satisfaction study; WOLF: Work Lipids and Fibrinogen. 2 Participants with complete data on job strain, age, sex and socioeconomic position.
2
Moderate drinking (women: 1–14 drinks/week, men: 1–21 drinks/week); intermediate drinking (women: 15–20 drinks/week, men: 22–27 drinks/week); heavy drinking (women: > = 21 drinks/wk, men: > = 28 drinks/week).