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. 2020 Apr 28;20:566. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-08573-0

Table 2.

Prevalence Ratios (PR 95% CI) of Obesity, Hypertension and Diabetes by psychosocial measures among men and women, JHS (2000–2004)

Psychosocial Measures Obesity (PR, 95% CI) Hypertension (PR, 95% CI) Diabetes (PR, 95% CI)
Men Women Men Women Men Women
Cynical distrust
 Low (referent) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Medium 1.11 (0.97–1.27) 1.09 (1.03–1.16)*a 0.98 (0.90–1.07) 0.98 (0.94–1.03) 2.26 (1.56–3.29)*a 0.93 (0.81–1.07)
 High 1.28 (1.12–1.47)*a 1.09 (1.02–1.17)*a 1.12 (1.03–1.23)*a 0.93 (0.87–0.98)Ɨ 3.28 (2.26–4.77)*a 0.98 (0.85–1.15)
P for trend 0.001 0.009 < 0.001 0.02 < 0.001 0.53
Anger In
 Low (referent) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Medium 1.07 (0.93–1.23) 1.04 (0.97–1.11) 1.01 (0.93–1.11) 0.97 (0.92–1.02) 1.60 (1.22–2.09)*a 0.98 (0.84–1.14)
 High 1.37 (1.22–1.53)*a 1.05 (0.99–1.10) 1.06 (0.99–1.15) 0.89 (0.85–0.94)*a 1.81 (1.43–2.29)*a 0.88 (0.77–1.01)
P for trend < 0.001 0.19 0.24 < 0.001 < 0.001 0.17
Anger Out
 Low (referent) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Medium 0.92 (0.80–1.05) 1.16 (1.09–1.23)*a 0.92 (0.84–1.01) 1.02 (0.97–1.07) 0.66 (0.49–0.88)*a 1.07 (0.94–1.23)Ɨ
 High 1.23 (1.10–1.37)*a 1.01 (0.96–1.08) 1.04 (0.96–1.11) 0.96 (0.91–1.01)Ɨ 1.26 (1.03–1.53)*a 0.88 (0.77–1.02)
P for trend < 0.001 < 0.001 0.03 0.05 < 0.001 0.04
Depressive symptoms
 Low (referent) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Medium 1.12 (0.99–1.26) 1.09 (1.02–1.16)*a 1.02 (0.95–1.10) 1.11 (1.05–1.17)*a 1.04 (0.81–1.32) 1.04 (0.89–1.20)
 High 1.07 (0.94–1.21) 1.13 (1.06–1.21)*a 0.99 (0.92–1.08) 1.08 (1.02–1.13)*a 1.33 (1.06–1.67)*a 0.89 (0.76–1.03)
P for trend 0.15 0.001 0.76 < 0.001 0.02 0.07
Global Stress
 Low (referent) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Medium 1.21 (1.12–1.30)*a 1.05 (1.01–1.10)* 0.95 (0.91–0.99) 1.03 (1.00–1.06)Ɨ 0.97 (0.85–1.10) 1.19 (1.08–1.31)*a
 High 1.26 (1.16–1.36)*a 1.16 (1.11–1.20)*a 1.10 (1.05–1.15)*a 1.02 (0.99–1.05) 1.01 (0.88–1.16) 1.27 (1.15–1.40)*a
P for trend < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 0.20 0.86 < 0.001
Weekly Stress-Event
 Low (referent) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Medium 1.19 (1.06–1.33)*a 1.08 (1.02–1.14)*a 0.88 (0.82–0.95)*a 0.97 (0.93–1.01) 1.08 (0.87–1.33) 0.70 (0.62–0.79)*a
 High 1.04 (0.94–1.17) 1.11 (1.05–1.17)*a 0.96 (0.90–1.03) 0.96 (0.92–1.00)Ɨ 1.25 (1.03–1.52)*a 0.75 (0.67–0.85)*a
P for trend < 0.001 < 0.001 0.003 0.10 0.08 < 0.001
Weekly Stress-Impact
 Low (referent) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Medium 1.09 (0.96–1.24) 0.96 (0.90–1.03) 1.00 (0.92–1.09) 0.95 (0.90–1.00)Ɨ 1.21 (0.91–1.60) 1.07 (0.91–1.27)
 High 1.00 (0.86–1.15) 1.05 (0.98–1.12) 0.97 (0.88–1.06) 0.99 (0.94–1.04) 1.70 (1.31–2.21)*a 0.96 (0.80–1.14)
P for trend 0.33 0.04 0.72 0.15 < 0.001 0.41
Major Life Events
 Low (referent) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Medium 1.24 (1.14–1.34)*a 1.05 (1.00–1.09) 0.99 (0.94–1.05) 0.95 (0.91–0.98)*a 1.01 (0.86–1.18) 1.18 (1.07–1.30)*a
 High 1.18 (1.09–1.28)*a 1.19 (1.14–1.23)*a 1.03 (0.98–1.09) 1.07 (1.04–1.10)*a 1.09 (0.94–1.26) 1.34 (1.22–1.48)*a
P for trend < 0.001 < 0.001 0.37 < 0.001 0.53 < 0.001

*Bold indicates p value < 0.05. ƗP value < 0.10. Abbreviations CI Confidence interval, WSI Weekly stress inventory, SD Standard deviation. Models adjusted for age, education, income, physical activity, smoking, fat intake, alcohol consumption and body mass index (hypertension and diabetes analysis). Multiple imputation for missing data in covariates based on 5 data sets. a Bonferroni Correction with p value < 0.02