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. 2014 Sep 30;9(9):e108987. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108987

Table 3. Posterior medians and lower and upper limits of the posterior equally tailed 95% credible intervals (Bayesian confidence interval).

H2000 Study FWH Surveys
Sensitivity Specificity Sensitivity Specificity J1 LR+2 LR−3
High demands Men 0.41 (0.38–0.44) 0.76 (0.74–0.78) 0.41 (0.39–0.44) 0.76 (0.74–0.78) 0.17 1.71 (1.53–1.91) 0.78 (0.73–0.82)
Women 0.49 (0.46–0.52) 0.75 (0.73–0.78) 0.49 (0.46–0.52) 0.75 (0.73–0.78) 0.24 2.00 (1.77–2.25) 0.68 (0.63–0.72)
Low control Men 0.67 (0.64–0.70) 0.69 (0.67–0.72) 0.67 (0.64–0.69) 0.70 (0.67–0.72) 0.37 2.20 (2.01–2.42) 0.48 (0.43–0.52)
Women 0.75 (0.73–0.78) 0.68 (0.65–0.71) 0.76 (0.73–0.78) 0.68 (0.65–0.71) 0.44 2.35 (2.14–2.59) 0.36 (0.32–0.40)
High strain job Men 0.58 (0.52–0.64) 0.87 (0.84–0.91) 0.60 (0.55–0.65) 0.82 (0.77–0.86) 0.42 3.34 (2.52–4.45) 0.49 (0.42–0.57)
Women 0.77 (0.71–0.82) 0.88 (0.84–0.92) 0.78 (0.73–0.83) 0.86 (0.81–0.90) 0.64 5.75 (4.13–8.03) 0.25 (0.19–0.31)
Low social support Men 0.60 (0.57–0.63) 0.62 (0.59–0.65) 0.60 (0.57–0.63) 0.62 (0.59–0.65) 0.22 1.59 (1.45–1.74) 0.65 (0.59–0.71)
Women 0.48 (0.45–0.51) 0.72 (0.70–0.74) 0.44 (0.42–0.46) 0.71 (0.69–0.73) 0.15 1.52 (1.40–1.65) 0.79 (0.75–0.83)
Monotonous work Men 0.35 (0.32–0.39) 0.90 (0.88–0.91) 0.36 (0.32–0.39) 0.90 (0.88–0.91) 0.26 3.39 (2.84–4.01) 0.72 (0.68–0.76)
Women 0.46 (0.42–0.50) 0.86 (0.84–0.88) 0.46 (0.42–0.50) 0.86 (0.84–0.88) 0.32 3.31 (2.79–3.91) 0.63 (0.58–0.68)

The sensitivity and specificity of JEM-based measures for men and women in the H2000 Study and the FWH Surveys.

H2000 Study- the Health 2000 Study; FWH Surveys- the Finnish Work and Health Surveys;

1

J - Youden's index = sensitivity+specificity−1.

2

LR+ likelihood ratio positive.

3

LR− likelihood ratio negative.