Table 4. Hazard ratios (HRs) for obesity/overweight (BMI > 25 kg/m²) in Japan and obesity (BMI > 30 kg/m²) in Finland during follow-up.

	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3		Model 4
	HR	95% CI	HR	95% CI	HR	95% CI	HR	95% CI
Japanese men (n = 2264)
Managers	ref.		ref.		ref.		ref.
Professionals	0.90	0.56, 1.46	0.91	0.56, 1.47	0.91	0.56, 1.48	0.88	0.54, 1.43
Clerical employees	0.79	0.48, 1.30	0.82	0.49, 1.35	0.82	0.50, 1.36	0.80	0.48, 1.33
Manual workers	0.90	0.51, 1.59	0.96	0.53, 1.75	1.00	0.55, 1.83	0.93	0.51, 1.70
P-value for trend	0.328		0.544		0.613		0.543
Finnish men (n = 1306)
Managers	ref.		ref.		ref.		ref.
Professionals	1.47	1.04, 2.08	1.48	1.04, 2.12	1.50	1.05, 2.15	1.39	0.97, 2.00
Clerical employees	1.49	0.98, 2.26	1.61	1.04, 2.49	1.58	1.02, 2.46	1.57	1.00, 2.45
Manual workers	1.59	1.16, 2.17	1.57	1.09, 2.25	1.48	1.03, 2.13	1.38	0.95, 2.00
P-value for trend	0.003		0.012		0.031		0.078
Japanese women (n = 1221)
Professionalsa	ref.		ref.		ref.		ref.
Clerical employees	0.50	0.27, 0.92	0.46	0.23, 0.91	0.49	0.24, 0.97	0.44	0.22, 0.90
P-value for trend	0.026		0.025		0.042		0.025
Finnish women (n = 5778)
Professionalsa	ref.		ref.		ref.		ref.
Clerical employees	1.45	1.27, 1.66	1.50	1.29, 1.73	1.49	1.29, 1.72	1.47	1.26, 1.70
Manual workers	1.81	1.51, 2.18	1.90	1.56, 2.31	1.96	1.61, 2.39	1.90	1.55, 2.32
P-value for trend	<0.0001		<0.0001		<0.0001		<0.0001

Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index.

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.