Table 3. Regression coefficients for BMI change by occupational class in Japan and Finland.

	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3		Model 4
	β	95% CI	β	95% CI	β	95% CI	β	95% CI
Japanese men (n = 2264)
Managers	ref.		ref.		ref.		ref.
Professionals	0.20	−0.17, 0.57	0.21	−0.16, 0.58	0.19	−0.18, 0.56	0.19	−0.18, 0.56
Clerical employees	0.22	−0.16, 0.61	0.27	−0.11, 0.65	0.25	−0.13, 0.63	0.25	−0.13, 0.64
Manual workers	0.01	−0.43, 0.44	0.15	−0.30, 0.59	0.16	−0.28, 0.61	0.16	−0.29, 0.61
P-value for trend	0.761		0.535		0.434		0.444
Finnish men (n = 1306)
Managers	ref.		ref.		ref.		ref.
Professionals	−0.06	−0.26, 0.15	−0.08	−0.29, 0.13	−0.08	−0.29, 0.13	−0.07	−0.28, 0.14
Clerical employees	0.04	−0.22, 0.30	0.02	−0.25, 0.29	−0.01	−0.28, 0.27	−0.03	−0.31, 0.24
Manual workers	0.17	0.02, 0.36	0.11	−0.11, 0.32	0.10	−0.12, 0.31	0.10	−0.13, 0.32
P-value for trend	0.079		0.345		0.419		0.450
Japanese women (n = 1221)
Professionalsa	ref.		ref.		ref.		ref.
Clerical employees	−0.10	−0.32, 0.13	−0.14	−0.40, 0.11	−0.13	−0.38, 0.13	−0.11	−0.36, 0.15
P-value for trend	0.397		0.257		0.329		0.399
Finnish women (n = 5778)
Professionalsa	ref.		ref.		ref.		ref.
Clerical employees	−0.02	−1.16, 0.12	−0.03	0.17, 0.12	−0.02	−0.16, 0.13	−0.01	−0.15, 0.15
Manual workers	0.05	−0.09, 0.19	0.06	−0.08, 0.20	0.06	−0.08, 0.20	0.07	−0.07, 0.21
P-value for trend	0.311		0.319		0.412		0.545

Model 1 = age + age-squared; Model 2 = Model 1 + job control and demands + working overtime; Model 3 = Model 2 + marital status + social relations; Model 4 = Model 3 + smoking + alcohol use + physical inactivity.

^aManagers and professionals combined.