Table 2.

Age and multivariable-adjusted subdistribution hazard ratios and 95% CIs of the incidence of diabetes in different occupational classes over a 35-year follow-up period

Occupational class	Number at risk	Diabetes cases, n	Observation years	Diabetes cases per 100 000 person-years	Age adjusted SHR (95% CI)	Multivariable adjusted* SHR (95% CI)
High officials, professionals	793	88	22 485	391	Ref	Ref
Intermediate, non-manual employees	1231	139	34 001	409	1.05 (0.80–1.37)	0.98 (0.75–1.29)
Assistant non-manual employees	1348	171	34 475	496	1.21 (0.92–1.58)	1.18 (0.90–1.54)
Skilled workers	1871	255	48 145	530	1.28 (1.01–1.64)	1.18 (0.93–1.51)
Unskilled and semiskilled workers	1631	254	40 278	630	1.48 (1.16–1.89)	1.39 (1.08–1.78)

^*Adjusted for age, BMI, hypertension, smoking, physical activity and self-perceived psychological stress. SHR, subdistribution hazard ratio.