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Table 3 Age- and sex-standardised incidence and SIR of metabolic syndrome for occupational areas and main occupational groups, job complexity level and managerial position

From: Incidence of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome by Occupation – 10-Year follow-up of the Gutenberg Health Study

N

Baseline

Prevalent cases

Age- and sex-standardised Prevalence

(95% CI)

Persons at risk

Incident cases

Age- and sex-standardized Incidence

(95% CI)

SIR(95% CI)

Total working population

8153

1736

22.9 (22.0–23.8)

5103

1104

22.6 (21.4–23.8)

Agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and horticulture

229

46

20.6 (15.8–26.4)

144

36

25.9 (19.1–34.0)

1.1 (0.9–1.5)

 Agriculture, animal husbandry and forestry

151

34

23.9 (17.7–31.2)

94

29

32.1 (23.2–42.5)

1.4 (1.0–1.9)

 Horticulture, Floristry

78

12

13.5 (7.0–23.7)

50

7

13.4 (5.8–27.0)

0.6 (0.3–1.2)

Raw material extraction, production and manufacturing

1097

289

27.9 (25.2–30.8)

649

179

28.7 (25.0–32.6)

1.3 (1.1–1.4)

 Plastics production and processing, wood working and processing

54

14

28.6 (17.0–43.6)

31

8

30.5 (15.2–51.0)

1.1 (0.7–2.3)

 Paper and printing professions, technical media design

111

25

25.0 (17.2–34.8)

69

15

21.8 (12.6–34.7)

1.0 (0.6–1.5)

 Metal production, processing and construction

76

28

40.5 (29.1–53.1)

38

17

48.5 (31.0–66.4)

2.1 (1.4–2.9)

 Machine and vehicle technology

269

67

26.1 (20.7–32.2)

162

49

31.4 (23.9–39.9)

1.4 (1.1–1.8)

 Mechatronics, energy and electronics

188

61

34.0 (27.0–41.7)

110

37

33.8 (24.7–44.3)

1.5 (1.1–2.0)

 Technical development, design and production scheduling

253

58

23.4 (18.2–29.6)

160

31

19.6 (13.6–27.4)

0.9 (0.6–1.2)

 Food production and processing

99

26

27.7 (19.6–37.5)

53

16

33.6 (21.9–47.7)

1.5 (1.0–2.1)

Construction, architecture, surveying and building technology

394

118

32.3 (27.6–37.3)

217

59

28.2 (22.1–35.1)

1.2 (1.0–1.6)

 Construction planning, architecture, surveying

131

33

26.7 (19.4–35.3)

81

22

30.3 (20.7–41.8)

1.3 (0.9–1.9)

 Building construction, civil engineering

57

14

27.6 (16.5–42.1)

36

10

27.6 (13.6–47.2)

1.2 (0.6–2.1)

 (Interior) construction

56

13

22.6 (12.0–37.8)

30

7

21.5 (8.1–44.1)

1.0 (0.4–2.0)

 Building and supply services

150

58

41.3 (33.4–49.7)

70

20

28.3 (18.0–41.1)

1.2 (0.8–1.8)

Natural Science, geography and computer science

552

122

22.9 (19.3–26.9)

368

82

22.5 (18.2–27.6)

1.0 (0.8–1.2)

 Mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics

158

40

25.1 (18.5–33.0)

102

24

25.8 (17.6–36.0)

1.1 (0.8–1.6)

 Computer science, information and communication technologies

370

79

22.2 (17.8–27.2)

251

53

20.2 (15.2–26.3)

0.9 (0.7–1.2)

Transport, logistics, protection and safety

719

209

30.8 (27.4–34.5)

359

110

30.6 (25.7–36.0)

1.4 (1.1–1.6)

 Traffic, logistics (except vehicle driver)

289

76

26.2 (21.1–31.9)

143

43

28.4 (21.1–36.9)

1.3 (0.9–1.6)

 Drivers and mobile plant operators

205

80

42.2 (35.2–49.6)

93

37

41.2 (30.4–52.8)

1.9 (1.3–2.3)

 Protection, security and surveillance

150

36

26.0 (19.1–34.4)

92

20

22.5 (14.3–33.3)

1.0 (0.6–1.5)

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75

17

27.5 (18.5–38.5)

31

10

34.8 (19.5–53.6)

1.5 (0.9–2.4)

Commercial services, trade in goods, sales, hotel and tourism

806

175

24.6 (21.8–27.7)

488

103

24.8 (21.1–28.9)

1.1 (0.9–1.3)

 Purchasing, sales and distribution, trade

280

57

21.2 (16.6–26.6)

190

37

22.5 (16.8–29.4)

1.0 (0.7–1.3)

 Sales workers (retail)

380

88

26.6 (22.5–31.2)

209

48

27.9 (22.1–34.4)

1.2 (1.0–1.5)

 Tourism, hotel and restaurant

146

30

25.0 (18.7–32.5)

89

18

22.0 (14.2–32.3)

1.0 (0.6–1.4)

Business organisation, accounting, law and public administration

2404

480

21.8 (20.2–23.5)

1559

315

21.2 (19.2–23.3)

0.9 (0.9–1.0)

 Corporate management and business organisation

1259

233

20.2 (18.1–22.5)

831

166

21.0 (18.3–24.0)

0.9 (0.8–1.1)

 Financial services, accounting, tax consultancy

575

114

20.8 (17.6–24.4)

382

82

21.3 (17.3–25.9)

0.9 (0.8–1.2)

 Law and administration

570

133

26.1 (22.7–29.9)

346

67

21.4 (17.3–26.2)

1.0 (0.8–1.2)

Health, social affairs, teaching and Education

1558

244

17.3 (15.5–19.2)

1041

173

17.8 (15.6–20.3)

0.8 (0.7–0.9)

 Medical health professions

618

75

14.0 (11.5–17.0)

431

70

15.4 (12.2–19.2)

0.7 (0.5–0.9)

 Non-medical health professions, personal care, medical technology

162

37

23.0 (17.0–30.2)

103

15

14.9 (8.9–23.5)

0.7 (0.4–1.0)

 Education, social and domestic professions, theology

319

56

18.0 (14.1–22.6)

204

28

14.6 (10.2–20.3)

0.6 (0.5–0.9)

 Teaching professions

459

76

19.0 (15.8–22.7)

303

60

24.1 (19.6–29.1)

1.1 (0.9–1.3)

Humanities, culture, design

394

53

16.0 (12.5–20.2)

278

47

17.0 (12.7–22.4)

0.8 (0.6–1.0)

 Advertising, marketing, commercial and editorial media professions

249

34

16.3 (11.9–21.8)

176

29

16.8 (11.5–23.7)

0.8 (0.5–1.1)

 Product design, handicrafts

43

5

12.1 (4.9–25.8)

29

7

23.0 (10.5–42.1)

1.0 (0.5–1.9)

 Performing and entertainment professions

83

12

16.5 (9.3–27.2)

59

6

10.1 (3.8–22.7)

0.4 (0.2–1.0)

Job complexity

 LǷ

294

74

26.4 (21.7–31.6)

139

36

27.0 (20.3–34.8)

1.2 (0.9–1.5)

 M徱ܳ

3640

808

24.0 (22.6–25.4)

2180

505

24.0 (22.2–25.8)

1.1 (1.0–1.1)

1709

383

23.3 (21.3–25.4)

1079

231

21.8 (19.3–24.5)

1.0 (0.9–1.1)

 Very high

2510

471

20.7 (19.1–22.3)

1705

332

20.9 (19.0–23.0)

0.9 (0.8–1.0)

Management position

 Supervisors and manager

976

249

27.3 (24.5–30.3)

609

142

25.0 (21.6–28.8)

1.1 (1.0–1.3)

 No managerial position

7177

1487

22.3 (21.4–23.3)

4494

962

22.3 (21.1–23.6)

1.0 (0.9–1.0)