Table 5 Associations between the components of work unit level job strain at baseline and non-smoking at follow-up in light and moderate/heavy baseline smokers: adjusted odds ratios (ORs) (95% CIs) from multilevel logistic regression models (n = 4928) in the Finnish Public Sector Study, 2000–2005
OR, (95% CI), adjusted for sex, age, marital status, employer, heavy drinking, body mass index, physical activity, trait anxiety, socioeconomic position and individual level job strain/job control/job demands
Light smokers (<10 cigarettes/day in baseline) (n = 2102)Moderate/heavy smokers (> = 10 cigarettes/day in baseline) (n = 2826)
Work unit job strain:
1 (high)1.001.00
21.05 (0.78 to 1.40)1.10 (0.78 to 1.52)
31.29 (0.96 to 1.73)1.26 (0.91 to 1.76)
4 (low)1.44 (1.06 to 1.94)1.17 (0.83 to 1.63)
p Value for linear trend*0.0310.107
Work unit job control:
1 (low)1.001.00
20.98 (0.72 to 1.34)1.57 (1.15 to 2.15)
30.97 (0.71 to 1.33)1.60 (1.15 to 2.24)
4 (high)1.34 (0.98 to 1.85)1.33 (0.93 to 1.90)
p Value for linear trend*0.0590.022
Work unit job demands:
1 (high)1.001.00
21.17 (0.89 to 1.54)0.95 (0.69 to 1.31)
31.30 (0.98 to 1.73)1.08 (0.78 to 1.49)
4 (low)1.30 (0.96 to 1.75)0.98 (0.71 to 1.36)
p Value for linear trend*0.1600.728
  • *Linear trends with continuous variables.