Job strain and cause-specific disability pension by sex and SEP
| Job strain | No. of participants | Musculoskeletal diseases | Depression | Coronary heart disease | |||
| No. of cases | HR (95% CI)* | No. of cases | HR (95% CI)* | No. of cases | HR (95% CI)* | ||
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | |||||||
| Occupation based | 16 173 | 224 | 2.41 (1.81 to 3.21) | 86 | 1.30 (0.78 to 2.16) | 32 | 2.37 (1.10 to 5.10) |
| Work unit based | 14 793 | 198 | 1.66 (1.26 to 2.20) | 81 | 1.59 (1.03 to 2.47) | 27 | 2.14 (1.01 to 4.50) |
| Female | |||||||
| Occupation based | 51 780 | 796 | 2.21 (1.91 to 2.57) | 407 | 1.24 (1.00 to 1.53) | 21 | 0.98 (0.39 to 2.47) |
| Work unit based | 48 012 | 721 | 1.48 (1.31 to 1.67) | 380 | 1.15 (0.97 to 1.37) | 21 | 1.18 (0.57 to 2.45) |
| SEP | |||||||
| Upper non-manual | |||||||
| Occupation based | 20 609 | 84 | 2.12 (1.03 to 4.35) | 123 | 1.67 (0.92 to 3.05) | 6 | 3.72 (0.26 to 53.4) |
| Work unit based | 19 237 | 77 | 1.25 (0.81 to 1.94) | 116 | 1.56 (1.09 to 2.21) | 5 | 1.38 (0.23 to 8.29) |
| Lower non-manual | |||||||
| Occupation based | 33 297 | 445 | 1.10 (0.88 to 1.37) | 245 | 1.12 (0.83 to 1.51) | 15 | 1.14 (0.34 to 3.83) |
| Work unit based | 30 822 | 409 | 1.05 (0.89 to 1.25) | 229 | 1.00 (0.80 to 1.26) | 15 | 1.74 (0.69 to 4.38) |
| Manual | |||||||
| Occupation based | 14 047 | 491 | 1.38 (1.11 to 1.71) | 125 | 1.18 (0.76 to 1.81) | 32 | 0.75 (0.34 to 1.68) |
| Work unit based | 12 726 | 433 | 1.28 (1.08 to 1.52) | 116 | 1.29 (0.93 to 1.79) | 28 | 0.99 (0.49 to 2.00) |
↵* HRs (95% CI) are adjusted for age, sex and type of job contract when appropriate.
SEP, socioeconomic position.