Table 2.

Mean levels of self-reported physical and mental functioning in early old age according to work exposures in mid-life

			Physical component*			Mental component*
	n	(%)	Mean	SD	p Value†	Mean	SD	p Value†
Job demand at age 36‡
0	424	28.6	51.4	10.5	0.82	52.9	7.3	0.005
1	394	26.5	50.9	10.2		52.1	8.0
2	309	20.8	51.6	9.7		51.7	8.0
3	209	14.1	50.9	9.4		50.9	9.8
4	107	7.2	50.4	10.3		50.1	8.1
5	42	2.8	52.2	8.1		50.7	8.6
Job control at age 43‡
0	49	3.3	49.1	10.5	0.044	50.0	7.9	0.27
1	116	7.8	50.0	11.3		51.0	8.5
2	276	18.6	50.2	11.0		51.8	8.7
3	506	34.1	51.4	9.6		52.0	8.4
4	538	36.2	52.0	9.4		52.2	7.5

*A higher score indicates better physical and mental functioning.

†Analyses of variance.

‡A higher score indicates higher job demand/control, formation of work exposure variables explained in online supplementary table S1.