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. 2007 Nov 30;13(2):63–71. doi: 10.2188/jea.13.63

Table 2. Socio-demographic and behavioral profiles according to job characteristics, active workers aged 65 and under, IMS Cohort Study, 1992-1995.

Psychological demands Job control Job strain
Low Middle High p High Middle Low p Low Middle High p
n % n % n % n % n % n % n % n % n %
Men
Age <40 111 12 145 15 189 15 <0.001 145 15 154 15 148 12 <0.001 131 13 156 15 156 14 0.106
40-49 226 24 282 29 420 33 362 37 292 28 287 24 278 28 321 31 324 29
50-59 277 29 296 31 415 33 291 30 342 33 359 30 274 28 328 31 373 33
60-65 345 36 248 26 250 20 184 19 247 24 411 34 304 31 245 23 280 25
Marital status Married 854 89 878 91 1174 93 0.007 916 94 949 92 1058 88 <0.001 898 91 958 92 1020 90 0.535
Unmarried 102 11 92 10 94 7 63 6 82 8 142 12 87 9 89 9 108 10
Educational attainment Higher than compulsory 563 59 565 59 791 63 0.065 654 67 607 59 673 56 <0.001 618 63 645 62 641 57 0.006
Less than compulsory 391 41 401 42 471 37 322 33 420 41 525 44 363 37 402 38 480 43
Type of job White-collar 268 28 258 27 382 30 0.242 319 33 303 29 288 24 <0.001 309 31 293 28 299 26 0.013
Blue-collar 691 72 713 73 892 70 663 68 732 71 917 76 678 69 757 72 834 74
Employment status Managerial status 396 46 475 55 735 63 <0.001 596 70 555 60 465 41 <0.001 502 59 526 55 562 53 0.026
Subordinates 460 54 396 46 430 37 257 30 378 41 659 59 355 41 430 45 490 47
Vegetable diet pattern Low 316 35 311 34 386 33 0.767 277 30 331 34 409 37 0.005 327 35 310 31 367 35 0.209
Middle 282 32 320 35 426 36 318 35 348 36 364 33 282 31 359 36 376 36
High 296 33 276 30 370 31 322 35 283 29 348 31 314 34 317 32 306 29
Meat diet pattern Low 319 34 298 32 371 30 0.045 296 31 313 31 390 33 0.753 330 34 307 30 341 31 0.028
Middle 324 35 339 36 448 36 344 36 380 38 396 34 353 37 350 34 400 36
High 292 31 310 33 422 34 309 33 319 32 393 33 280 29 359 35 373 34
Western diet pattern Low 285 32 283 32 371 31 0.697 266 30 290 30 382 34 0.010 279 31 290 30 357 34 0.158
Middle 289 33 312 35 387 33 292 33 327 34 372 33 311 34 325 34 346 33
High 315 35 296 33 425 36 333 37 346 36 363 33 323 35 348 36 355 34
Smoking habits Never smoker 215 23 204 21 279 22 0.255 202 21 234 23 265 22 0.029 209 21 224 21 254 23 0.237
Ex-smoker 221 23 247 26 310 24 236 24 248 24 301 25 231 24 248 24 294 26
Current, 1-20/day 364 38 366 38 414 33 339 35 349 34 453 38 369 38 379 36 381 34
Current, 21+/day 155 16 149 15 268 21 204 21 196 19 181 15 175 18 194 19 200 18
Alcohol consumption Never and ex-drinker 225 25 195 21 240 19 184 19 216 21 266 23 0.179 217 23 206 20 231 21 0.158
Current, <29 g/day 259 28 277 29 379 30 303 32 304 30 315 27 282 30 310 30 314 29
Current, 29-87 g/day 355 39 387 41 500 40 372 39 395 39 481 42 368 39 417 41 444 40
Current, 87+ g/day 79 9 82 9 129 10 100 10 96 10 95 8 85 9 91 9 111 10
Physical Activity Index <29 185 19 170 18 241 19 <0.001 164 17 195 19 243 20 0.007 183 19 191 18 216 19 0.005
29-36 434 46 341 35 417 33 369 38 353 35 471 39 422 43 399 38 358 32
37+ 335 35 452 47 601 48 440 45 476 47 481 40 377 38 456 44 540 49
BMI (kg/m2) <21.6 303 32 288 31 380 30 0.328 257 27 300 30 419 36 <0.001 287 30 305 30 371 33 0.354
21.6-23.9 326 35 333 35 442 35 355 37 376 37 378 32 359 37 357 35 373 33
24.0+ 305 33 323 34 427 34 348 36 336 33 377 32 318 33 353 35 372 33
 
Women
Age <40 103 10 145 13 117 9 <0.001 126 11 133 11 111 11 0.801 113 10 137 13 112 10 0.001
40-49 295 29 346 32 438 34 379 32 387 32 320 31 303 28 378 35 378 32
50-59 340 33 390 36 517 41 464 39 406 34 388 38 373 34 376 35 482 41
60-65 292 28 206 19 204 16 225 19 282 23 203 20 295 27 194 18 200 17
Marital status Married 959 94 1009 93 1199 94 0.567 1111 93 1138 95 943 93 0.491 1008 94 1013 94 1097 94 0.999
Unmarried 64 6 75 7 73 6 78 7 64 5 75 7 68 6 69 6 74 6
Educational attainment Higher than compulsory 559 55 646 60 720 57 0.378 729 61 677 56 537 53 <0.001 619 57 655 61 626 54 0.069
Less than compulsory 465 45 438 40 550 43 461 39 528 44 475 47 461 43 425 39 541 46
Type of job White-collar 471 46 488 45 511 40 0.005 580 49 523 43 383 38 <0.001 522 48 509 47 418 36 <0.001
Blue-collar 559 54 599 55 765 60 614 51 685 57 639 63 562 52 576 53 754 64
Employment status Managerial status 249 27 305 32 397 36 <0.001 400 40 309 29 251 26 <0.001 300 33 330 35 312 29 0.058
Subordinates 662 73 646 68 720 65 591 60 751 71 705 74 612 67 621 65 760 71
Vegetable diet pattern Low 300 31 331 33 401 34 0.167 306 28 374 34 367 38 <0.001 278 28 345 34 391 36 <0.001
Middle 364 38 360 36 426 36 399 36 400 36 356 37 378 37 362 36 396 37
High 303 31 316 31 349 30 399 36 344 31 235 25 354 35 307 30 297 27
Meat diet pattern Low 348 35 345 33 412 33 0.073 358 31 399 34 353 35 0.007 354 34 341 32 388 34 0.878
Middle 372 37 381 36 425 34 423 36 411 35 367 37 374 35 394 37 397 35
High 286 28 337 32 413 33 385 33 367 31 283 28 328 31 327 31 366 32
Western diet pattern Low 357 38 369 38 447 38 0.127 397 37 414 38 371 40 0.333 361 37 367 37 421 39 0.683
Middle 323 35 303 31 366 31 367 34 353 32 276 30 354 36 306 31 317 30
High 249 27 313 32 355 30 324 30 327 30 276 30 263 27 316 32 331 31
Smoking habits Never smoker 917 90 994 93 1136 91 0.782 1065 91 1097 92 909 91 0.935 969 91 970 91 1060 92 0.317
Ex-smoker 31 3 19 2 29 2 23 2 34 3 26 3 26 2 27 3 25 2
Current smokers 68 7 58 5 83 7 82 7 60 5 69 7 71 7 70 7 66 6
Alcohol consumption Never and ex-drinker 725 73 735 70 819 67 0.009 776 68 831 72 696 71 0.158 751 72 707 68 782 69 0.175
Current, <29 g/day 217 22 262 25 335 27 300 26 280 24 237 24 239 23 277 27 287 25
Current, 29+ g/day 51 5 51 5 68 6 67 6 51 4 52 5 50 5 58 6 60 5
Physical Activity Index <29 271 27 260 24 323 26 0.002 267 23 304 26 301 30 <0.001 267 25 270 25 312 27 0.114
29-36 551 54 545 51 590 47 567 48 594 50 531 53 543 51 527 49 587 51
37+ 190 19 267 25 343 27 350 30 287 24 169 17 260 24 273 26 251 22
Menopausal status Premenopausal 388 38 492 46 556 44 0.006 493 42 529 44 430 43 0.667 411 38 517 48 491 42 0.068
Postmenopausal 632 62 580 54 705 56 688 58 663 56 581 58 661 62 554 52 668 58
BMI (kg/m2) <21.6 322 32 363 34 419 34 0.754 381 33 383 32 356 36 0.029 325 31 361 34 403 35 0.061
21.6-23.9 347 35 366 35 408 33 372 32 400 34 349 35 364 34 364 34 374 33
24.0+ 337 34 333 31 421 34 406 35 401 34 299 30 368 35 333 32 374 33

Chi-square test was conducted for linear trends.

The numbers do not add up to the total number of subjects due to missing values.