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Table 3 Associations between psychosocial working conditions and late-life physical function

From: Psychosocial working conditions across working life may predict late-life physical function: a follow-up cohort study

 

Late-life physical function

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Active job quadrant

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

Active job in 1991a

1.20 (1.06,1.37)

1.19 (1.03,1.35)

1.15 (1.01,1.32)

Trajectories

Ref. = low/0

Ref. = low/0

Ref. = low/0

 Low/+

1.28 (0.74,2.22)

1.32 (0.73,2.38)

1.54 (0.85,2.78)

 High/−

0.87 (0.43,1.75)

0.76 (0.37,1.56)

0.68 (0.33,1.43)

 High/0

0.79 (0.51,1.23)

0.77 (0.49,1.19)

0.78 (0.50,1.22)

 High/+

1.45 (0.92,2.27)

1.28 (0.78,2.13)

1.20 (0.73,2.00)

High strain quadrant

High strain job in 1991b

0.82 (0.65,1.04)

0.79 (0.62,1.01)

0.75 (0.59,0.96)

Trajectories

Ref. = low/0

Ref. = low/0

Ref. = low/0

 Low/+

0.79 (0.23,2.70)

0.69 (0.20,2.33)

0.48 (0.14,1.64)

 High/−

0.64 (0.41,0.98)

0.64 (0.41,0.99)

0.68 (0.44,1.05)

 High/0

0.85 (0.61,1.19)

0.79 (0.56,1.11)

0.81 (0.58,1.15)

 High/+

0.34 (0.19,0.61)

0.34 (0.18,0.61)

0.32 (0.17,0.58)

  1. Results in bold: p value <0.05. Low/0 = low starting point and stable slope, Low/+ = low starting point and upward slope, High/− = high starting point and downward slope, High/0 = high starting point and stable slope, High/+ = high starting point and upward slope. All analyses were adjusted for age, sex, and physical working conditions at baseline (1991). Model 2 was further adjusted for level of education and occupation-based social class at baseline. Model 3 was further adjusted for smoking and physical activity at baseline. aThe scale ranged from 0 to 5.7 and was given linear representation. High strain jobs, low strain jobs, and passive jobs have a score of 0 in this scale. bThe scale ranged from 0 to 3.3 and was given linear representation. Low strain jobs, active jobs, and passive jobs have a score of 0 in this scale