Table 3

Associations and RERI of poor health, occupational social class and physical workload with 2-year HRJL

HRs (95% CI) representing joint effects Total sample Men Women
N N N
Good health and no physical workload2598Ref1066Ref1532
Good health and physical workload1414 1.48 (1.07 to 2.04) 8691.47 (0.88 to 2.45)5451.44 (0.94 to 2.22)
Poor health and no physical workload454 4.14 (2.99 to 5.74) 192 3.29 (1.75 to 6.19) 262 4.52 (3.09 to 6.64)
Poor health and physical workload380 6.06 (4.40 to 8.35) 212 5.92 (3.53 to 9.92) 168 6.06 (4.01 to 9.15)
RERI (95% CI) for poor health and physical workload1.44 (−0.39 to 3.27)2.16 (−0.60 to 4.91)1.09 (−1.34 to 3.52)
HRs (95% CI) representing joint effects N N N
Good health and higher managerial1740Ref846Ref894Ref
Good health and intermediate occupations1093 0.46 (0.31 to 0.69) 398 0.32 (0.14 to 0.74) 695 0.55 (0.35 to 0.88)
Poor health and higher managerial280 3.51 (2.54 to 4.86) 136 2.03 (1.10 to 3.73) 144 4.75 (3.21 to 7.03)
Poor health and intermediate occupations224 3.05 (2.12 to 4.37) 961.55 (0.72 to 3.37)128 4.11 (2.70 to 6.25)
RERI (95% CI) for poor health and intermediate occupations0.07 (−1.36 to 1.51)0.20 (−1.45 to 1.86)−0.20 (−2.39 to 2.00)
HRs (95% CI) representing joint effects N N N
Good health and higher managerial1740Ref846Ref894Ref
Good health and routine/manual occupations11400.97 (0.70 to 1.34)6651.36 (0.83 to 2.22)4750.75 (0.47 to 1.19)
Poor health and higher managerial280 4.13 (2.97 to 5.76) 136 3.23 (1.69 to 6.17) 144 4.66 (3.17 to 6.85)
Poor health and routine/manual occupations323 3.11 (2.21 to 4.38) 167 5.41 (3.27 to 8.94) 156 2.00 (1.20 to 3.29)
RERI (95% CI) for poor health and routine and manual occupations−1.00 (−2.56 to 0.57)1.82 (−1.04 to 4.68) −2.41 (−4.36 to –0.47)
  • Analyses are adjusted for age and the analysis for the total population was also adjusted for gender.

  • Bold values significant at 0.05.

  • HRJL, health-related job loss; Ref, reference category; RERI, relative excess risk due to interaction.