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. 2017 Sep 20;60(1):12–18. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001158

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.