Table 4.

Logistic regression results for the association between multimorbid chronic health conditions and work-related stress

	General stress			Physical demands			Emotional demands
	OR	95% CI		OR	95% CI		OR	95% CI
Multimorbidity (ref: 0)
1 CHC	1.26	1.12	1.41	1.51	1.31	1.74	1.34	1.19	1.50
2 or more CHCs	2.10	1.81	2.44	2.11	1.79	2.50	1.96	1.70	2.26
Gender (ref: male)	1.03	0.89	1.18	1.31	1.10	1.56	0.96	0.84	1.10
Partner (ref: married/partner)	0.96	0.84	1.11	0.94	0.80	1.11	0.94	0.81	1.08
ISEI08	1.50	1.37	1.66	0.68	0.60	0.77	1.42	1.29	1.56
Sector (ref: government)
Education	1.35	1.15	1.59	2.68	2.16	3.33	2.11	1.79	2.48
Construction	1.42	1.20	1.69	2.02	1.64	2.49	1.10	0.92	1.31
Health care	1.32	1.10	1.60	4.14	3.29	5.22	2.66	2.21	3.22
Welfare	1.47	1.25	1.74	2.45	1.96	3.05	2.18	1.85	2.58
Age started working (ref > 25)
< 18 years	1.33	1.08	1.65	1.64	1.23	2.18	1.52	1.23	1.90
18–25 years	1.34	1.10	1.64	1.09	0.82	1.45	1.31	1.06	1.61
Work hours per week	1.03	1.02	1.03	1.00	0.99	1.01	1.02	1.01	1.03
Schedule flexibility (ref: yes)	1.79	1.60	2.00	1.88	1.65	2.15	1.67	1.49	1.86
Location flexibility (ref: yes)	0.93	0.81	1.06	2.33	1.89	2.87	1.15	1.00	1.32
Smoking (ref: no)	0.95	0.82	1.11	1.17	0.98	1.41	1.08	0.92	1.26
Alcohol (ref: no)	0.98	0.86	1.13	0.90	0.76	1.07	1.07	0.93	1.22
Pay attention to body weight (ref: no)	1.01	0.87	1.17	1.06	0.89	1.26	1.05	0.91	1.21
Blue/white collar (ref: white collar)	0.88	0.71	1.09	4.34	3.39	5.56	0.90	0.72	1.11

Fully adjusted for gender, partner, age started working, work hours per week, schedule flexibility, location flexibility, ISEI08, occupational sector blue/white collar occupation, smoking, alcohol, and pay attention to body weight. Bold font indicates p < 0.05