Table 3.

Association between occupational classes and presence of abnormal PWV^# or PAD°, in men, women, and men and women combined, adjusting for potential confounders. The RoCAV Study

		Model 1				Model 2
	No., n abnormal	OR	95%CI		p	OR	95%CI		p
Men					0.048				0.095
Manager/director	153, 27	REF	-	-		REF	-	-
Non-manual	382, 96	1.73	1.06	2.83		1.79	1.07	3.01
Skilled Manual	245, 61	1.67	0.99	2.82		1.75	1.01	3.03
Unskilled Manual	145, 42	2.18	1.23	3.86		1.97	1.07	3.62
Women					0.015				0.019
Manager/director	19, 3	REF	-	-		REF	-	-
Non-manual	285, 90	2.20	0.60	8.10		2.00	0.52	7.73
Skilled Manual	63, 20	1.90	0.47	7.64		1.76	0.42	7.47
Unskilled Manual	96, 45	4.39	1.14	16.94		4.20	1.04	17.01
Men and women					0.001				0.003
Manager/director	172, 30	REF	-	-		REF	-	-
Non-manual	667, 186	1.77	1.12	2.79		1.75	1.09	2.82
Skilled Manual	308, 81	1.71	1.05	2.78		1.76	1.06	2.92
Unskilled Manual	241, 87	2.72	1.65	4.50		2.63	1.55	4.45
OR = Odds Ratio estimated from logistic regression models. Model 1: Adjusted for age, BMI, and gender (gender-pooled analyses only). Model 2: Model 1 + current smoking, total and HDL-cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, diabetes, anti-hypertensive treatment, lipid-lowering treatment. ^Wald chi-square Test (3df); REF = Reference category; #: cfPWV≥12 m/s; °: either left or right side ABI ≤0.9