Table 2

 Hazard ratios and 95% CI of MI by dimensions of psychosocial working conditions, based on 9130 men and 7086 women from the Copenhagen Centre for Prospective Population Studies

Decision authority*Skill discretion*Social support*Demand*†
HR(95% CI)HR(95% CI)HR(95% CI)HR(95% CI)
*Adjusted for cohort of investigation, age, cohabitation, and sex, as described in the text.
†For “demand”, lowest quartile is reference and 4th quartile is highest.
1. quartile (highest)1111
2. quartile1.08(0.86 to 1.36) 1.35 (1.08 to 1.71) 1.32 (1.00 to 1.73) 1.09(0.88 to 1.35)
3. quartile1.11(0.91 to 1.36) 1.28 (1.04 to 1.58) 1.11(0.84 to 1.47)1.05(0.85 to 1.30)
4. quartile (lowest) 1.26 (1.04 to 1.54) 1.52 (1.22 to 1.89) 1.12(0.84 to 1.48)1.01(0.82 to 1.25)