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Job Strain and Alcohol Intake: A Collaborative Meta-Analysis of Individual-Participant Data from 140 000 Men and Women

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  • Katriina Heikkilä
  • Solja T Nyberg
  • Eleonor I Fransson
  • Lars Alfredsson
  • Dirk De Bacquer
  • Jakob B Bjorner
  • Sébastien Bonenfant
  • Marianne Borritz
  • Hermann Burr
  • Els Clays
  • Annalisa Casini
  • Nico Dragano
  • Raimund Erbel
  • Goedele A Geuskens
  • Marcel Goldberg
  • Wendela E Hooftman
  • Irene L Houtman
  • Matti Joensuu
  • Karl-Heinz Jöckel
  • France Kittel
  • Anders Knutsson
  • Markku Koskenvuo
  • Aki Koskinen
  • Anne Kouvonen
  • Constanze Leineweber
  • Thorsten Lunau
  • Ida E H Madsen
  • Linda L Magnusson Hanson
  • Michael G Marmot
  • Martin L Nielsen
  • Maria Nordin
  • Jaana Pentti
  • Paula Salo
  • Reiner Rugulies
  • Andrew Steptoe
  • Johannes Siegrist
  • Sakari Suominen
  • Jussi Vahtera
  • Marianna Virtanen
  • Ari Väänänen
  • Peter Westerholm
  • Hugo Westerlund
  • Marie Zins
  • Töres Theorell
  • Mark Hamer
  • Jane E Ferrie
  • Archana Singh-Manoux
  • G David Batty
  • Mika Kivimäki
  • for the IPD-Work Consortium

Abstract

Background: The relationship between work-related stress and alcohol intake is uncertain. In order to add to the thus far inconsistent evidence from relatively small studies, we conducted individual-participant meta-analyses of the association between work-related stress (operationalised as self-reported job strain) and alcohol intake. Methodology and Principal Findings: We analysed cross-sectional data from 12 European studies (n = 142 140) and longitudinal data from four studies (n = 48 646). Job strain and alcohol intake were self-reported. Job strain was analysed as a binary variable (strain vs. no strain). Alcohol intake was harmonised into the following categories: none, moderate (women: 1–14, men: 1–21 drinks/week), intermediate (women: 15–20, men: 22–27 drinks/week) and heavy (women: >20, men: >27 drinks/week). Cross-sectional associations were modelled using logistic regression and the results pooled in random effects meta-analyses. Longitudinal associations were examined using mixed effects logistic and modified Poisson regression. Compared to moderate drinkers, non-drinkers and (random effects odds ratio (OR): 1.10, 95% CI: 1.05, 1.14) and heavy drinkers (OR: 1.12, 95% CI: 1.00, 1.26) had higher odds of job strain. Intermediate drinkers, on the other hand, had lower odds of job strain (OR: 0.92, 95% CI: 0.86, 0.99). We found no clear evidence for longitudinal associations between job strain and alcohol intake. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that compared to moderate drinkers, non-drinkers and heavy drinkers are more likely and intermediate drinkers less likely to report work-related stress.

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  • Katriina Heikkilä & Solja T Nyberg & Eleonor I Fransson & Lars Alfredsson & Dirk De Bacquer & Jakob B Bjorner & Sébastien Bonenfant & Marianne Borritz & Hermann Burr & Els Clays & Annalisa Casini & Ni, 2012. "Job Strain and Alcohol Intake: A Collaborative Meta-Analysis of Individual-Participant Data from 140 000 Men and Women," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 7(7), pages 1-7, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0040101
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040101
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