Job strain as a risk factor for coronary heart disease: a collaborative meta-analysis of individual participant data

Mika Kivimäki, Solja T Nyberg, G David Batty, Eleonor I Fransson, Katriina Heikkilä, Lars Alfredsson, Jakob Bjørner, Marianne Borritz, Hermann Burr, Annalisa Casini, Els Clays, Dirk De Bacquer, Nico Dragano, Jane E Ferrie, Goedele A Geuskens, Marcel Goldberg, Mark Hamer, Wendela E Hooftman, Irene L Houtman, Matti JoensuuMarkus Jokela, France Kittel, Anders Knutsson, Markku Koskenvuo, Aki Koskinen, Anne Kouvonen, Meena Kumari, Ida E H Madsen, Michael G Marmot, Martin L. Nielsen, Maria Nordin, Tuula Oksanen, Jaana Pentti, Reiner Rugulies, Paula Salo, Johannes Siegrist, Archana Singh-Manoux, Sakari B Suominen, Ari Väänänen, Jussi Vahtera, Marianna Virtanen, Peter J M Westerholm, Hugo Westerlund, Marie Zins, Andrew Steptoe, Töres Theorell, IPD-Work Consortium

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Abstract

Published work assessing psychosocial stress (job strain) as a risk factor for coronary heart disease is inconsistent and subject to publication bias and reverse causation bias. We analysed the relation between job strain and coronary heart disease with a meta-analysis of published and unpublished studies.
Original languageEnglish
JournalLancet
Volume380
Issue number9852
Pages (from-to)1491-7
Number of pages7
ISSN0140-6736
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 27 Oct 2012

Keywords

  • Adult
  • Coronary Disease
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Stress, Psychological

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