Table 5. The association of psychosocial exposures measured at individual (ind) level and at group level (job exposure matrix (JEM)) with one-month prevalence of depression and low back pain among men and women.

		High demands		Low control		Monotonous work		Low social support		High strain job
	Prevalence (95% CI)	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Men
Depressive symptoms
H2000 (ind)1	13.9 (12.3–15.5)	1.98	1.51–2.59	1.52	1.16–2.01	1.45	1.07–1.95	2.07	1.59–2.74	3.07	2.05–4.62
FWH (JEM)2	10.6 (9.8–11.5)	1.15	0.96–1.37	1.19	0.98–1.43	0.95	0.75–1.21	1.11	0.93–1.31	1.34	1.04–1.72
FWH (JEM)3		2.08	1.74–2.48	1.33	1.12–1.59	0.81	0.67–0.99	1.54	1.30–1.72	1.70	1.34–2.15
Low back pain
H2000 (ind)1	26.8 (25.0–28.7)	1.19	0.99–1.44	1.13	0.93–1.37	1.01	0.81–1.26	1.16	0.96–1.41	1.37	1.04–1.80
FWH (JEM)2	29.8 (28.6–31.0)	1.04	0.92–1.18	1.06	0.94–1.21	1.22	1.05–1.42	1.06	0.94–1.19	1.10	0.92–1.30
FWH (JEM)3		1.20	1.07–1.34	1.73	1.54–1.95	2.38	2.10–2.69	1.50	1.33–1.68	1.77	1.51–2.09
Women
Depressive symptoms
H2000 (ind)1	18.7 (17.0–20.5)	1.55	1.22–1.95	1.49	1.17–1.90	1.29	1.00–1.67	2.75	2.16–3.50	2.38	1.68–3.37
FWH (JEM)2	15.9 (14.9–16.9)	0.99	0.85–1.15	1.07	0.91–1.28	1.01	0.84–1.22	0.97	0.83–1.13	1.09	0.87–1.37
FWH (JEM)3		0.88	0.76–1.01	1.33	1.15–1.54	1.24	1.05–1.45	0.79	0.69–0.92	1.20	0.96–1.50
Low back pain
H2000 (ind)1	29.7 (27.8–31.6)	1.29	1.08–1.55	1.27	1.05–1.54	1.16	0.95–1.43	1.28	1.07–1.54	1.68	1.28–2.20
FWH (JEM)2	31.4 (30.2–32.)	1.00	0.89–1.13	1.12	0.99–1.27	1.19	1.03–1.38	1.00	0.89–1.12	1.14	0.95–1.38
FWH (JEM)3		0.92	0.82–1.03	1.76	1.56–1.97	2.38	2.10–2.71	0.83	0.74–0.94	1.52	1.27–1.81

Odds ratios (OR) and their 95% confidence intervals (95% CI).

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

¹ORs calculated based on self-reports and adjusted for age and education.

²ORs calculated based on JEM and adjusted for age, education and year of survey.

³ORs calculated based on JEM adjusted for exposure misclassification bias.