Background Long working hours might increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, but
prospective evidence is scarce, imprecise, and mostly limited to coronary heart disease. We …

Background The extent to which moderate overweight (body mass index [BMI], 25.0-29.9
[calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared]) and obesity (BMI,≥ …

Objective To determine the association between self reported job insecurity and incident
coronary heart disease. Design A meta-analysis combining individual level data from a …

In the Whitehall study, 17 530 civil servants were classified according to employment grade,
and their mortality was recorded over 10 years. There was a steep inverse relation between …

Background In 2011, WHO member states signed up to the 25× 25 initiative, a plan to cut
mortality due to non-communicable diseases by 25% by 2025. However, socioeconomic …

The relationship between grade of employment, coronary risk factors, and coronary heart
disease (CHD) mortality has been investigated in a longitudinal study of 17 530 civil …

OBJECTIVES: The impact of work on the risk of future psychiatric disorder has been
examined in few longitudinal studies. This was examined prospectively in a large …

Context Previous studies may have underestimated the contribution of health behaviors to
social inequalities in mortality because health behaviors were assessed only at the baseline …

In the Whitehall study of 18 403 male civil servants aged 40-64 years the 10 year mortality
rates from coronary heart disease and stroke showed a non-linear relation to two hour blood …

Mortality studies show that social inequalities in health include, but are not confined to,
worse health among the poor. There is a social gradient; mortality rises with decreasing …