Table 2 Characteristics of the sample for men and women according to effort-reward imbalance variables

N

Men and women

1056

315

212

222

307

Men

518

130

135

94

159

Women

538

196

77

128

148

Mean Age (years)

Men

46.3

44.3

45.9

47.0

47.8

Women

45.6

45.6

44.4

45.0

46.6

Current smokers, n (%)

Men

70

20 (15.4)

17 (12.6)

14 (14.9)

19 (12.0)

Women

112

37 (20.0)

17 (22.1)

35 (27.3)

23 (15.5)

University Education, n (%) *

Men

202

53 (40.8)

58 (41.1)

41 (43.6)

54 (34.0)

Women

253

92 (49.7)

51 (66.2)

48 (37.5)

62 (41.9)

White-collar workers, n (%)*

Men

348

85 (65.4)

103 (76.3)

54 (57.5)

106 (66.7)

Women

477

166 (89.7)

75 (97.4)

110 (85.9)

126 (85.1)

Blue-collar workers, n (%)*

Men

156

39 (30.0)

28 (20.7)

38 (40.4)

51 (32.1)

Women

44

13 (7.0)

2 (2.6)

15 (11.7)

14 (9.5)

Mean DBP (mmHg) (SD)

Men

81.1 (10.1)

80.1 (10.3)

80.9 (8.9)

81.2 (10.7)

82.0 (10.5)

Women

79.7 (10.2)

79.5 (9.9)

78.8 (8.8)

78.5 (11.0)

81.6 (10.5)

Mean SBP (mmHg) (SD)

Men

127 (16.1)

125 (15.6)

127.2 (14.7)

126.7 (17.7)

128 (16.7)

Women

119 (18.4)

119.3 (19.4)

115.8 (15.9)

116.6 (16.7)

124.0 (18.9)

Mean Triglycerides (SD)

Men

1.4 (0.9)

1.1 (0.8)

1.6 (1.2)

1.4 (1.0)

1.3 (0.7)

Women

1.1 (0.7)

1.17 (0.82)

0.9 (0.6)

1.0 (0.5)

1.1 (0.7)

Total cholesterol (mmol/L) (SD)

Men

5.5 (1.0)

5.3 (1.1)

5.4 (1.1)

5.6 (1.0)

5.5 (1.0)

Women

5.4 (1.1)

5.31 (1.09)

5.4 (1.1)

5.4 (1.1)

5.4 (1.1)

HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L) (SD)

Men

1.5 (0.4)

1.8 (0.3)

1.4 (0.3)

1.5 (0.4)

1.5 (0.4)

Women

1.8 (0.5)

1.7 (0.4)

2.0 (0.6)

1.8 (0.4)

1.8 (0.4)

LDL-cholesterol (mmol/L) (SD)

Men

3.4 (0.9)

3.3 (0.9)

3.3 (0.9)

3.5 (0.9)

3.4 (0.9)

Women

3.1 (0.9)

3.0 (0.9)

2.9 (0.9)

3.1 (1.0)

3.1 (0.9)

BMI (kg/m2) (SD)

Men

26.1 (3.2)

26.5 (3.4)

26.2 (3.3)

25.9 (3.4)

25.7 (2.9)

Women

24.8 (3.9)

25.0 (3.8)

24.4 (4.5)

25.0 (4.0)

24.5 (3.7)