Background 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 …

BackgroundAdverse psychosocial working environments characterized by job strain (the
combination of high demands and low control at work) are associated with an increased risk of …

Background Long working hours might increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, but
prospective evidence is scarce, imprecise, and mostly limited to coronary heart disease. We …

Background Obesity increases the risk of several chronic diseases, but the extent to which
the obesity-related loss of disease-free years varies by lifestyle category and across …

Unfavorable work characteristics, such as low job control and too high or too low job demands,
have been suggested to increase the likelihood of physical inactivity during leisure time, …

Objective The aim of this review was to determine whether employees exposed to effort–reward
imbalance (ERI) at work have a higher risk of depressive disorders than non-exposed …

Background: Epidemiologic evidence for work stress as a risk factor for coronary heart disease
is mostly based on a single measure of stressful work known as job strain, a combination …

Objective To determine the association between self reported job insecurity and incident
coronary heart disease. Design A meta-analysis combining individual level data from a …

Background Working long hours might have adverse health effects, but whether this is true
for all socioeconomic status groups is unclear. In this meta-analysis stratified by …

OBJECTIVE The status of psychosocial stress at work as a risk factor for type 2 diabetes is
unclear because existing evidence is based on small studies and is subject to confounding by …