Table 1

 Job constraints according to occupational category in normotensive and hypertensive participants

Normotensive participantsHypertensive participants
Low strainActivePassiveJob strainp ValueLow strainActivePassiveJob strainp Value
Men, n (%)
    Executives9 (23.1)17 (43.6)8 (20.5)5 (12.8)0.0022 (9.1)16 (72.7)1 (4.6)3 (13.6)0.003
    Middle executives21 (20.2)45 (43.3)14 (13.4)24 (23.1)5 (11.9)15 (35.7)9 (21.4)13 (31.0)
    Employees6 (19.3)4 (12.9)11 (35.5)10 (32.3)1 (11.1)4 (44.5)1 (11.1)3 (33.3)
    Workers17 (16.0)26 (24.6)36 (34.0)27 (25.4)5 (7.8)14 (21.9)24 (37.5)21 (32.8)
Women, n (%)
    Executives5 (29.4)9 (52.9)2 (11.8)1 (5.9)0.0021 (16.7)2 (33.3)1 (16.7)2 (33.3)0.487
    Middle executives6 (21.4)14 (50.0)3 (10.7)5 (17.9)3 (23.1)6 (46.1)2 (15.4)2 (15.4)
    Employees17 (29.8)8 (14.1)15 (26.3)17 (29.8)4 (12.9)7 (22.6)12 (38.7)8 (25.8)
    Workers3 (25.0)1 (8.3)6 (50.0)2 (16.7)1 (9.1)1 (9.1)6 (54.5)3 (27.3)