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Table 2 Occupations associated with decreased risk of heavy alcohol consumption in the entire cohort

From: Associations between occupation and heavy alcohol consumption in UK adults aged 40–69 years: a cross-sectional study using the UK Biobank

Job

Job code

Controls in job / not in job

Cases in job / not in job

RP

LCL

UCL

P-FDR

ACCOUNTS AND WAGES CLERKS, BOOK-KEEPERS, OTHER FINANCIAL CLERKS

4122

2209/80701

327/17580

0.87

0.78

0.96

2.93E-02

NURSES

3211

2121/80789

241/17666

0.82

0.72

0.92

5.99E-03

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGERS

1136

1224/81686

236/17671

0.81

0.72

0.91

3.12E-03

CHARTERED AND CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS

2421

821/82089

139/17768

0.81

0.69

0.94

3.12E-02

EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANTS

6124

1075/81835

125/17782

0.81

0.69

0.95

4.40E-02

SECONDARY EDUCATION TEACHING PROFESSIONALS

2314

2678/80232

379/17528

0.80

0.73

0.88

5.92E-05

TEACHING PROFESSIONALS NEC

2319

854/82056

108/17799

0.78

0.66

0.93

3.12E-02

IT STRATEGY AND PLANNING PROFESSIONALS

2131

802/82108

147/17760

0.76

0.66

0.89

3.07E-03

MECHANICAL ENGINEERS

2122

504/82406

94/17813

0.75

0.62

0.90

1.21E-02

SOFTWARE PROFESSIONALS

2132

1041/81869

190/17717

0.72

0.63

0.82

1.91E-05

LIBRARIANS

2451

354/82556

35/17872

0.65

0.47

0.89

3.35E-02

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGERS

1137

237/82673

30/17877

0.64

0.46

0.90

4.21E-02

CIVIL ENGINEERS

2121

624/82286

92/17815

0.62

0.51

0.75

1.36E-05

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERS

2126

213/82697

31/17876

0.62

0.45

0.85

1.72E-02

HIGHER EDUCATION TEACHING PROFESSIONALS

2311

1856/81054

239/17668

0.62

0.55

0.70

1.88E-13

LABORATORY TECHNICIANS

3111

314/82596

34/17873

0.61

0.45

0.83

1.06E-02

PENSIONS AND INSURANCE CLERKS

4132

212/82698

20/17887

0.54

0.36

0.81

1.60E-02

PRIMARY AND NURSERY EDUCATION TEACHING PROFESSIONALS

2315

2572/80338

179/17728

0.53

0.46

0.61

2.94E-16

ARCHITECTS

2431

435/82475

53/17854

0.52

0.40

0.67

6.99E-06

PHYSIOTHERAPISTS

3221

300/82610

19/17888

0.52

0.33

0.80

1.67E-02

TOWN PLANNERS

2432

127/82783

14/17893

0.50

0.31

0.83

3.46E-02

BIOLOGICAL SCIENTISTS AND BIOCHEMISTS

2112

578/82332

49/17858

0.49

0.37

0.64

2.67E-06

SCHOOL SECRETARIES

4213

335/82575

17/17890

0.45

0.28

0.71

4.43E-03

MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS

2211

1074/81836

80/17827

0.40

0.32

0.50

2.48E-15

PHYSICISTS, GEOLOGISTS AND METEOROLOGISTS

2113

183/82727

15/17892

0.40

0.25

0.65

1.86E-03

CLERGY

2444

374/82536

18/17889

0.20

0.13

0.32

2.36E-10

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