Table 2.
Adjusted * associations between high job strain and ambulatory blood pressure (mm Hg), based on the multivariate analyses of variance.
| Whole group | Domestic Overload | No Domestic Overload | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambulatory Blood Pressure | High Strain (n = 25) |
Low Strain (n = 39) |
High Strain (n = 8) |
Low Strain (n = 13) |
High Strain (n = 17) |
Low Strain (n = 26) |
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| Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | p-value | Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | p-value | Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | p-value | |
| Systolic BP | |||||||||
| 24 h BP | 124.2 (2.9) | 119.3 (2.3) | 0.177 | 137.0 (10.8) | 121.0 (7.6) | 0.116 | 119.6 (2.5) | 118.5(2.1) | 0.709 |
| At work | 127.6 (2.6) | 124.2 (2.3) | 0.319 | 136.7 (7.4) | 125.4 (6.2) | 0.290 | 124.6 (2.7) | 123.3(2.3) | 0.710 |
| At home | 127.5 (2.6) | 121.5 (2.2) | 0.089 | 138.5 (5.7) | 117.0 (4,8) | 0.025 | 123.1 (2.7) | 122.9(2.3) | 0.920 |
| During sleep | 116.6 (3.6) | 109.9 (2.8) | 0.113 | 136.7 (11.4) | 119.8 (7.9) | 0.092 | 110.8 (3,1) | 108.9(2.5) | 0.600 |
| Diastolic BP | |||||||||
| 24 h BP | 75.4 (2.3) | 75.1 (1.7) | 0.943 | 88.5 (6.7) | 75.6 (4.7) | 0.055 | 71.0 (2.1) | 74.6 (1.7) | 0.249 |
| At work | 80.3 (2.0) | 80.5 (1.7) | 0.982 | 89.7 (3.8) | 81.5 (3.2) | 0.161 | 76.9 (2.3) | 79.6 (1.9) | 0.429 |
| At home | 78.0 (2.1) | 77.3 (1.8) | 0.730 | 88.5 (4.7) | 74.9 (3.9) | 0.070 | 73.8 (2.2) | 77.7 (1.8) | 0.266 |
| During sleep | 68.9 (2.6) | 66.6 (2.0) | 0.481 | 86.6 (7.6) | 66.1 (5.2) | 0.082 | 63.8 (2.1) | 66.0 (1.7) | 0.460 |
* Adjusted for age, use of anti-hypertensive medication and self-reported skin color.