Exposure to workplace sexual harassment and risk of cardiometabolic diseases: a
prospective cohort study of 88,904 Swedish men and women
Prakash KC, Madsen I, Rugulies R, Xu T, Westerlund H, Nyberg A, Kivimäki M, Magnusson Hanson LL*
*Corresponding author: Linda L Magnusson Hanson, Stress Research Institute, Department of Psychology
Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden; Email address:
Supplementary Table 1:
Person-time years and rates per 1000 person-years among total population and
stratified by exposure status
By exposure to sexual harassment
p-
value*
Unexposed
Unexposed
Person -
Rates
Person -
Rates
Person -
Rates
years
(95% CI)
years
(95% CI)
years
(95% CI)
CVD
989512
4.3(4.1-
943796
4.4(4.2-
45722
2.4(2.0-
0.79
4.4)
4.5)
2.9)
type 2 diabetes
997013
3.6(3.5-
951215
3.7(3.6-
45799
2.8(2.4-
0.81
3.8)
3.8)
3.3)
CHD
996192
2.8(2.7-
950273
2.9(2.8-
45919
1.4(1.1-
0.19
2.9)
3.0)
1.8)
Cerebrovascular
1001289
1.9(1.85-
955330
2.0(1.9-
45958
1.3(1.0-
0.54
disease
2.02)
2.1)
1.6)
MI
1001306
1.8(1.7-
955251
1.8(1.7-
46054
0.9(0.7-
0.08
1.9)
1.9)
1.3)
Stroke
1003497
1.5(1.4-
957426
1.5(1.4-
46071
0.8(0.6-
0.78
1.6)
1.6)
1.11)
Note: CI, Confidence Interval; CVD,
cardiovascular disease; CHD, coronary heart disease; MI, myocardial
infarction;
*p-value for proportionality hazard test (p>0.05 indicates assumption was justified)
Supplementary Table 2:
Distribution of Cardiometabolic diseases among employees in SWES 1995-2015
according to exposure to workplace sexual harassment
Diseases
CHD
No
Yes
Cerebrovascular disease
No
Yes
MI
No
Yes
Stroke
No
Yes
Total
(N, 88904)
n
(%)
86120
2784
86969
1935
87128
1776
97
3
98
2
98
2
Unexposed
(n, 84604)
n
%
81886
2718
82727
1877
82871
1733
97
3
98
2
98
2
Exposed
(n,4300)
n
%
4234
66
4242
58
4257
43
98
2
< 0.0001
99
1
<0.0001
99
1
<0.0001
p-value*
<0.0001
Diseases
All
87416
98
83153
98 4263 99
1488
2
1451
2
37
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Note: SD, Standard Deviation; CVD,
cardiovascular disease; CHD, coronary heart disease; MI, myocardial
infarction;
*p-value for hypothesis testing that one group is different from other based on chi-square test
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