Socioeconomic differences in metabolic syndrome development: examining the mediating role of chronic stress using the Lifelines Cohort Study

Table 5 Interaction coefficients of sex*chronic stress in multivariable logistic regression analyses between chronic stress^a and metabolic syndrome development (n = 53,216)

Chronic stress^a domain	OR (99% CI)
Female*Sum score	0.99 (0.98, 1.01)
Work-related
Female*Not stressful	1.00
Female*Slightly stressful	0.89 (0.74, 1.07)
Female*Very stressful	0.93 (0.67, 1.30)
Relationship-related (with partner)
Female*Not stressful	1.00
Female*Slightly stressful	0.89 (0.71, 1.10)
Female*Very stressful	0.90 (0.53, 1.52)
Finance-related
Female*Not stressful	1.00
Female*Slightly stressful	0.89 (0.72, 1.11)
Female*Very stressful	1.26 (0.68, 2.34)

OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval, LDI Long-term Difficulties Inventory; analyses controlled for years of education, equivalized household income, occupational prestige, age and sex at T1, and time between T1 and T4; reference category for the LDI domains was ‘not stressful’; LDI domains were controlled for work status, partner status, children status, parent status, school/study status and religion status where applicable.
*P < 0.01
^aLong-term difficulties during total follow-up time measured with the LDI, LDI categories consist of the sum score of the LDI from questionnaires T2, T3 and T4, ‘not stressful’ indicates sum score 0, ‘slightly stressful’ sum score 1-3, ‘very stressful’ sum score 4-6

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