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. 2016 Jan 4;6(1):e008703. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008703

Table 4.

Associations of the changes in the occupational, financial and personal situation after the reunification with cardiovascular risk factors in men and women

Occupational situation
Financial situation
Personal situation
Men
Women
Men
Women
Men
Women
Crude Adjusted Crude Adjusted Crude Adjusted Crude Adjusted Crude Adjusted Crude Adjusted
RR (95% CI) RR (95% CI) RR (95% CI) RR (95% CI) RR (95% CI) RR (95% CI) RR (95% CI) RR (95% CI) RR (95% CI) RR (95% CI) RR (95% CI) RR (95% CI)
Hypertension
 Improvement 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
 No change 1.06 (0.98 to 1.15) 0.99 (0.92 to 1.07) 1.06 (0.98 to 1.15) 0.99 (0.92 to 1.07) 1.10 (1.02 to 1.18) 1.08 (1.06 to 1.16) 1.12 (0.99 to 1.27) 1.08 (0.97 to 1.20) 1.04 (0.93 to 1.18) 1.06 (0.94 to 1.19) 1.12 (0.91 to 1.36) 1.02 (0.85 to 1.21)
 Deterioration 1.08 (1.003 to 1.17) 1.06 (0.98 to 1.14) 1.08 (1.003 to 1.17) 1.06 (0.98 to 1.14) 1.07 (0.99 to 1.16) 1.11 (1.02 to 1.20) 1.16 (1.01 to 1.29) 1.19 (1.06 to 1.34) 1.02 (0.89 to 1.16) 1.06 (0.94 to 1.21) 1.12 (0.91 to 1.40) 1.08 (0.87 to 1.33)
Smoking
 Improvement 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
 No change 1.01 (0.94 to 1.08) 0.99 (0.93 to 1.06) 1.01 (0.94 to 1.08) 0.99 (0.93 to 1.06) 1.09 (1.03 to 1.15) 1.05 (0.99 to 1.12) 1.12 (1.00 to 1.24) 1.11 (1.01 to 1.24) 0.98 (0.90 to 1.07) 0.98 (0.90 to 1.07) 0.92 (0.79 to 1.08) 1.01 (0.86 to 1.17)
 Deterioration 1.11 (1.05 to 1.18) 1.09 (1.03 to 1.16) 1.11 (1.05 to 1.18) 1.09 (1.03 to 1.16) 1.15 (1.08 to 1.22) 1.11 (1.04 to 1.18) 1.27 (1.14 to 1.41) 1.24 (1.12 to 1.38) 0.97 (0.89 to 1.07) 0.96 (0.88 to 1.06) 0.98 (0.82 to 1.17) 1.02 (0.86 to 1.21)
Diabetes
 Improvement 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
 No change 1.23 (0.84 to 1.80) 1.02 (0.70 to 1.49) 1.23 (0.84 to 1.80) 1.02 (0.70 to 1.49) 1.09 (0.77 to 1.56) 1.06 (0.75 to 1.51) 1.12 (1.00 to 1.24) 1.11 (1.01 to 1.24) 0.85 (0.51 to 1.42) 0.90 (0.55 to 1.48) 0.76 (0.43 to 1.33) 0.82 (0.47 to 1.45)
 Deterioration 1.20 (0.83 to 1.74) 1.20 (0.83 to 1.73) 1.20 (0.83 to 1.74) 1.20 (0.83 to 1.73) 1.29 (0.89 to 1.88) 1.45 (1.01 to 2.11) 1.27 (1.14 to 1.41) 1.24 (1.12 to 1.38) 0.97 (0.56 to 1.67) 1.12 (0.65 to 1.94) 0.75 (0.39 to 1.45) 0.81 (0.32 to 1.16)
High-risk drinking
 Improvement 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
 No change 1.01 (0.84 to 1.21) 1.06 (0.88 to 1.28) 0.90 (0.85 to 1.40) 0.95 (0.61 to 1.48) 1.05 (0.88 to 1.25) 1.06 (0.89 to 1.27) 0.65 0.42 to 1.02 0.72 (0.45 to 1.13) 0.84 (0.66 to 10.7) 0.84 0.66 to 1.07 0.66 0.39 to 1.12 0.69 (0.41 to 1.18)
 Deterioration 0.96 (0.80 to 1.15) 0.97 (0.81 to 1.17) 1.05 (0.69 to 1.59 1.17 0.76 to 1.81 1.08 (0.88 to 131) 1.04 (0.85 to 1.27) 0.83 (0.55 to 1.27) 0.90 (0.59 to 1.38) 0.83 (0.63 to 7.08 0.79 0.60 to 1.03 0.74 0.40 to 1.36 0.79 (0.43 to 1.46)
Depressive disorders
 Improvement 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
 No change 0.69 (0.42 to 1.15) 0.73 (0.44 to 1.21) 0.89 (0.66 to 1.19) 0.97 (0.72 to 1.29) 0.84 (0.54 to 1.30) 0.89 (0.56 to 1.42) 1.02 (0.77 to 1.32) 1.02 (0.78 to 1.35) 0.67 (0.37 to 1.18) 0.71 (0.40 to 1.25) 0.93 (0.62 to 1.41) 1.02 (0.67 to 1.56)
 Deterioration 1.77 (1.20 to 2.61) 1.85 (1.24 to 2.77) 1.19 (0.92 to 1.55) 1.23 (0.94 to 1.60) 1.85 (1.27 to 2.68) 1.83 (1.24 to 2.89) 1.29 (1.01 to 1.67) 1.32 (1.02 to 1.70) 1.52 (0.85 to 2.72) 1.51 (0.85 to 2.56) 1.65 (1.07 to 2.54) 1.67 (1.08 to 2.59)
β (95% CI) β (95% CI) β (95% CI)  β (95% CI) β (95% CI)  β (95% CI) β (95% CI) β (95% CI) β (95% CI) β (95% CI) β (95% CI) β (95% CÌ)
BMI
 Improvement 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 No change 0.51 (0.0 to 0.92) 0.30 (−0.10 to 0.71) 0.43 (−0.17 to 0.71) −0.03 (−0.61 to 0.53) 0.28 (−0.11 to 0.68) 0.18 (−0.21 to 0.58) 0.87 (0.32 to 1.43) 0.61 (0.09 to 1.14) 0.20 (−0.41 to 0.82) 0.24 (−0.36 to 0.86) 0.63 (−0.24 to 1.51) 0.39 (−0.43 to 1.22)
 Deterioration 1.18 (0.74 to 1.62) 1.02 (0.58 to 1.45) 1.63 (1.02 to 2.24) 1.17 (0.58 to 1.76) 0.73 (0.25 to 1.20) 0.75 (0.28 to 1.23) 1.55 (0.93 to 2.16) 1.34 (0.74 to 1.94) 0.31 (−0.40 to 1.03) 0.50 (−0.20 to 1.21) 1.00 (−0.03 to 2.05) 0.81 (−0.17 to 1.80)
Cholesterol mg/dL
 Improvement 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 No change 3.34 (−1.43 to 8.11) 3.65 (−1.05 to 8.3) 0.44 (−0.70 to 964) 1.82 (−3.08 to 6.74) 5.60 (1.00 to 10.20) 5.24 (0.68 to 9.79) 2.52 (−2.40 to 7.45) 1.81 (−2.88 to 6.51) 2.69 (−4.36 to 9.75) 5.62 (−1.26 to 12.52) 2.09 (−5.37 to 9.57) 2.34 (−4.63 to 9.31)
 Deterioration 8.96 (3.94 to 13.99) 7.65 (2.70 to 12.61) 11.25 (6.21 to 16.2) 7.83 (3.06 to 12.60) 8.62 (3.18 to 14.05) 8.93 (3.52 to 14.35) 7.19 (2.11 to 12.26) 6.88 (2.02 to 11.74) 5.24 (−2.9 to 13.46) 7.74 (−0.44 to 15.93) 1.32 (−6.98 to 9.64) 1.18 (−6.89 to 9.26)

Adjusted by education, study, age; ‘improvement’=reference group.

High-risk drinking: >30 g alcohol per day for men, >20 g alcohol per day for women.

BMI, body mass index.