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 …

Objectives To estimate 10 year decline in cognitive function from longitudinal data in a middle
aged cohort and to examine whether age cohorts can be compared with cross sectional …

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 …

BackgroundStudies of diet and depression have focused primarily on individual nutrients.AimsTo
examine the association between dietary patterns and depression using an overall diet …

Objective: To explore the underlying mechanisms between organisational downsizing and
deterioration of health of employees. Design: Longitudinal cohort study. Data were …

BackgroundA lack of longitudinal studies has made it difficult to establish the direction of
associations between circulating concentrations of low-grade chronic inflammatory markers, …

Study Objectives: Although sleep curtailment has become widespread in industrialised
societies, little work has examined the effects on mortality of change in sleep duration. We …

Sleep deprivation (≤5 hour per night) was associated with a higher risk of hypertension in
middle-aged American adults but not among older individuals. However, the outcome was …

Objective To examine the association between sickness absence and mortality compared
with associations between established health indicators and mortality. Design Prospective …

Objective : To assess the effect of anticipating job change or non-employment on self
reported health status in a group of middle aged male and female white collar civil servants. …