Job decision latitude, job demands, and cardiovascular disease: a prospective study of Swedish men.
R Karasek,
D Baker,
F Marxer,
A Ahlbom and
T Theorell
The association between specific job characteristics and subsequentcardiovascular disease was tested using a large random sampleof the male working Swedish population. The prospective developmentof coronary heart disease (CHD) symptoms and signs was analyzedusing a multivariate logistic regression technique. Additionally,a case-controlled study was used to analyze all cardiovascular-cerebrovascular(CHD-CVD) deaths during a six-year follow-up. The indicatorof CHD symptoms and signs was validated in a six-year prospectivestudy of CHD deaths (standardized mortality ratio 5.0; p lessthan or equal to .001). A hectic and psychologically demandingjob increases the risk of developing CHD symptoms and signs(standardized odds ratio 1.29, p less than 0.25) and prematureCHD-CVD death (relative risk 4.0, p less than .01). Low decisionlatitude-expressed as low intellectual discretion and low personalschedule freedom-is also associated with increased risk of cardiovasculardisease. Low intellectual discretion predicts the developmentof CHD symptoms and signs (SOR 1.44, p less than .01), whilelow personal schedule freedom among the majority of workerswith the minimum statutory education increases the risk of CHD-CVDdeath (RR 6.6, p less than .0002). The associations exist aftercontrolling for age, education, smoking, and overweight.
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