Table 3

Number of psychosocial stressors in 1968 in relations to report of distress in 1968, 1974, 1980, 2000 and 2005

Cases, n (%)Model 1Model 2Model 3
Distress in 1968148 (18.5)1.46 (1.30 to 1.63)1.49 (1.31 to 1.70)1.61 (1.22 to 2.13)
Distress in 1974161 (20.1)1.31 (1.18 to 1.46)1.33 (1.17 to 1.50)1.23 (1.05 to 1.44)
Distress in 198088 (11.0)1.26 (1.10 to 1.43)1.26 (1.08 to 1.47)1.22 (1.00 to 1.50)
Distress in 200049 (6.1)1.41 (1.17 to 1.72)1.40 (1.13 to 1.74)1.24 (0.95 to 1.64)
Distress in 200539 (2.6)1.37 (1.05 to 1.80)1.35 (1.00 to 1.85)1.50 (1.05 to 2.20)
  • Logistic regression analyses presented as ORs with 95% CIs; model 1 adjust for age; model 2 adjust for age, education, socioeconomic status, marital status, work status at baseline (in 1968), and hypertension, CHD, stroke, diabetes mellitus, high waist-to-hip ratio, smoking and wine consumption (in 1968–80); and model 3 adjust for age and psychiatric family history (mental illness in mother, father and/or sibling is not included in number psychosocial stressors).