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Table 2 Risk ratios for layoff for depression by score for sense of coherence in 1854 Japanese workers in 2005-2007

From: Sense of coherence as a predictor of onset of depression among Japanese workers: a cohort study

Score for sense of coherence

No. of participants

Person-years

No. of layoffs for depression

Layoff rate per 1,000 person-years

Model 1*

Model 2†

Model 3‡

Model 4§

Total sense of coherence

        

   Low

954

1699.2

12

7.1

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

   High

900

1645.1

2

1.2

0.17 (0.04-0.76)

0.18 (0.04-0.79)

0.18 (0.04-0.79)

0.18 (0.04-0.81)

Meaningfulness

        

   Low

873

1560.9

9

5.8

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

   High

981

1783.4

5

2.8

0.49 (0.17-1.47)

0.51 (0.17-1.53)

0.51 (0.17-1.52)

0.54 (0.18-1.63)

Manageability

        

   Low

868

1552.1

8

5.2

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

   High

986

1792.2

6

3.3

0.64 (0.22-1.85)

0.64 (0.22-1.85)

0.65 (0.23-1.89)

0.66 (0.23-1.91)

Comprehensibility

        

   Low

1012

1804.5

11

6.1

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

   High

842

1539.8

3

1.9

0.31 (0.09-1.10)

0.32 (0.09-1.15)

0.32 (0.09-1.14)

0.32 (0.09-1.15)

  1. *Adjusted for gender. †Adjusted for gender and age. ‡Adjusted for gender and administrative post. §Adjusted for gender and married status.