Table 1.
Characteristics of the nine major occupational groups. In parathesis: prevalens (%) or standard deviation (SD)
| White-collar, high-skilled | White-collar, low-skilled | Blue-collar, high-skilled | Blue-collar, low-skilled | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||
| Managers | Professionals | Associate professionals | Administration and customer service | Service, care and shop sales | Agricultural and forestry | Building and manufacturing | Mechanical manufacturing and transport | Elementary occupations | Total | |
| Count (% Men) | 5006 (64.6%) | 16,868 (46.9%) | 14,513 (61.5%) | 6452 (35.5%) | 7961 (28.3%) | 800 (63.6%) | 11,267 (94.5%) | 7675 (84.1%) | 2313 (39.6%) | 72,855 (59.2%) |
| Age (yrs) | ||||||||||
| Women | 46.0 (8.9) | 41.7 (10.9) | 41.6 (11.1) | 42.8 (11.7) | 42.8 (12.3) | 41.0 (12.0) | 37.7 (12.8) | 41.3 (12.2) | 45.1 (11.7) | 42.4 (11.5) |
| Men | 46.8 (9.1) | 41.9 (11.2) | 42.8 (11.3) | 40.3 (12.6) | 41.7 (12.5) | 43.1 (12.9) | 38.9 (13.1) | 42.0 (12.6) | 43.0 (13.4) | 41.7 (12.2) |
| No relationship | ||||||||||
| Women | 176 (10.1%) | 1204 (13.9%) | 787 (14.4%) | 676 (16.6%) | 830 (14.9%) | 54 (19.1%) | 123 (20.3%) | 201 (16.7%) | 224 (16.2%) | 4275 (14.7%) |
| Men | 216 (6.9%) | 1362 (17.8%) | 1328 (15.3%) | 554 (25.1%) | 472 (21.8%) | 122 (25.7%) | 2342 (23.1%) | 1442 (22.8%) | 223 (25.0%) | 8061 (19.3%) |
| BMI (kg·m−2) | ||||||||||
| Women | 25.1 (4.4) | 24.8 (4.5) | 25.1 (4.6) | 25.7 (4.9) | 27.0 (5.7) | 24.5 (4.0) | 25.6 (4.9) | 26.4 (5.1) | 27.0 (5.2) | 25.6 (5.0) |
| Men | 26.8 (3.7) | 25.8 (3.8) | 26.5 (4.0) | 27.1 (4.6) | 27.1 (4.3) | 26.9 (4.7) | 26.8 (4.3) | 27.6 (4.7) | 27.5 (4.8) | 26.7 (4.2) |
| Systolic BP (mmHg) | ||||||||||
| Women | 120.9 (15.6) | 119.8 (15.4) | 120.2 (15.2) | 121.7 (15.7) | 123.7 (16.6) | 117.7 (13.7) | 119.0 (14.8) | 120.9 (14.6) | 125.8 (16.7) | 121.2 (15.8) |
| Men | 130.4 (14.8) | 127.6 (14.1) | 128.9 (14.7) | 129.3 (14.9) | 130.1 (15.4) | 130.1 (17.4) | 129.5 (15.1) | 129.6 (15.2) | 131.1 (15.8) | 129.2 (14.9) |
| Diastolic BP (mmHg) | ||||||||||
| Women | 77.0 (10.3) | 75.7 (10.3) | 76.1 (10.3) | 77.3 (10.5) | 77.2 (10.7) | 74.8 (9.3) | 75.7 (10.5) | 76.4 (10.3) | 78.5 (10.2) | 76.5 (10.4) |
| Men | 81.3 (10.6) | 78.9 (10.3) | 80.0 (10.6) | 80.1 (10.9) | 80.7 (11.1) | 80.0 (11.5) | 79.9 (11.4) | 80.3 (11.4) | 81.0 (11.5) | 80.0 (11.0) |
| VO2max (ml·min−1·kg−1) | ||||||||||
| Women | 36.5 (10.0) | 37.3 (10.4) | 36.9 (10.3) | 35.3 (10.1) | 33.1 (9.8) | 37.8 (10.2) | 36.0 (10.2) | 34.4 (9.5) | 31.6 (8.7) | 35.7 (10.2) |
| Men | 36.0 (9.5) | 38.1 (10.3) | 36.5 (10.1) | 35.0 (9.9) | 35.1 (9.9) | 36.3 (10.5) | 35.8 (9.8) | 33.9 (9.3) | 33.7 (9.5) | 36.0 (10.0) |