TABLE 2.
Incidence Rate ratios (IRR) With 95% Confidence Interval (CI) for Incident Dementia Among the Participants According to their Level of Social Relations at Work in the Copenhagen Male Study
| Univariate | Multivariate | ||||
| Social Relations at Work | No. of Participants With Dementia N = 245 | IRR (95% CI) | Model 1, IRR (95% CI) | Model 2, IRR (95% CI) | Model 3, IRR (95% CI) | 
| Possibilities to be in contact with coworkers | |||||
| Good possibilities | 171 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 
| Some possibilities | 45 | 1.07 (0.79–1.49) | 1.02 (0.73–1.42) | 0.98 (0.69–1.38) | 1.09 (0.77–1.54) | 
| Limited possibilities | 7 | 2.16 (1.11–4.20) | 3.05 (1.44–6.50) | 2.49 (1.14–5.44) | 2.74 (1.23–6.11) | 
| I work alone | 22 | 1.50 (1.00–2.25) | 1.39 (0.85–2.25) | 1.17 (0.71–1.92) | 1.25 (0.75–2.10) | 
| Get along with coworkers | |||||
| Yes, absolutely/yes, most of the time | 236 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 
| Neither yes nor no/no, absolutely not | 9 | 1.81 (0.94–3.50) | 1.54 (0.71–3.30) | 1.64 (0.76–3.54) | 1.52 (0.70–3.31) | 
| Satisfaction with supervisor | |||||
| Very satisfied/fairly satisfied/ | 192 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 
| Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied/dissatisfied/very dissatisfied | 53 | 0.92 (0.69–124) | 0.91 (0.67–1.25) | 0.83 (0.60–1.15) | 0.79 (0.57–1.10) | 
Model 1: Adjusted for current age in each calendar year, time since exposure measurement, calendar year and all three measures of social relations at work.
Model 2: Model 1+ participants’ marital status, children living at home, educational attainment, work-related factors including job control, work pace, and monotonous work.
Model 3: Model 2+ CVD before baseline, CVD risk factors (average alcohol consumption per week, smoking habits, leisure time physical activity, BMI, and Systolic blood pressure), and sleep problems.