Table 2

Associations between pre-employment factors and psychosocial factors at work

	Job demands	p For trend	Job control	p For trend	Organisational justice	p For trend
Family history of coronary heart disease
No	61.0		68.5		70.8
Yes	61.9	0.04	69.7	0.001	71.2	0.34
Educational level
Until 16 years of age	57.1		65.2		69.7
Until 17–18 years of age	61.6		68.5		71.1
Until ≥19 years of age	62.1	<0.001	71.3	<0.001	71.6	0.001
Father's education
Until 16 years of age	61.0		69.1		70.8
Until 17–18 years of age	61.5		69.8		71.6
Until ≥19 years of age	61.4	0.64	70.5	0.05	71.7	0.26
Father's social class
High	62.7		70.3		71.3
Intermediate	61.1		69.6		71.4
Low	59.6	0.001	67.9	0.002	70.0	0.10
Siblings
0	62.4		70.2		71.2
1–2	62.1		69.6		71.4
3–4	61.2		68.2		69.6
5–6	58.1		64.6		70.2
7+	52.0	<0.001	61.6	<0.001	70.1	0.37
Height (cm)
<172.9	59.5		67.1		70.7
173.0–175.9	61.7		69.2		71.3
176.0–180.9	61.6		69.3		70.7
>181.0	63.0	<0.001	70.6	<0.001	71.4	0.48