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Table 3 Association between stress and hospitalised injuries in an 8-year follow-up, analyses stratified by gender and occupational status

From: Is a single item stress measure independently associated with subsequent severe injury: a prospective cohort study of 16,385 forest industry employees

Gender

Men

Women

 
 

n (cases)/%

   HR (95% CI)a

n (cases)/%

   HR (95% CI)a

P for interaction

Stress level

    

0.96

Low

8150 (706)/8.7%

1.00

2533 (131)/5.2%

1.00

 

Intermediate

3343 (299)/8.9%

1.10 (0.96-1.26)

967 (55)/5.7%

1.11 (0.80-1.52)

 

High

1068 (119)/11.1%

1.43 (1.18-1.75)

324 (22)/6.8%

1.34 (0.85-2.12)

 

Occupational status

Blue-Collar

White-Collar

 
 

n (cases)/%

HR (95% CI) b

n (cases)/%

   HR (95% CI) b

P for interaction

Stress level

    

0.79

Low

7486 (686)/9.2%

1.00

3197 (151)/4.7%

1.00

 

Intermediate

2640 (271)/10.3%

1.12 (0.97-1.29)

1670 (83)/5.0%

1.02 (0.78-1.34)

 

High

759 (99)/13.0%

1.44 (1.17-1.78)

633 (42)/6.6%

1.36 (0.96-1.93)

 
  1. aAdjusted for age, marital status, occupational status, education and physical work environment.
  2. bAdjusted for age, gender, marital status, education and physical work environment.