All cause and cause specific mortality according to the difference between perceived stress at first and second screening
| Perceived stress | Adjusted for age | Adjusted for age and occupational class | Adjusted, for age, occupational class, and risk factors6-150 | Adjusted for age, occupational class, risk factors and reporting tendency | |
| All cause | Increased | 0.97 (0.79, 1.18) | 0.97 (0.80, 1.19) | 0.98 (0.80, 1.21) | 0.99 (0.80, 1.21) |
| (642 deaths) | Stable | 0.95 (0.79, 1.15) | 0.95 (0.79, 1.14) | 0.99 (0.81, 1.17) | 0.97 (0.80, 1.16) |
| Decreased | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| p for trend | 0.73 | 0.78 | 0.91 | 0.88 | |
| All cardiovascular | Increased | 1.04 (0.78, 1.37) | 1.04 (0.79, 1.38) | 1.06 (0.80, 1.40) | 1.05 (0.80, 1.39) |
| (335 deaths) | Stable | 0.95 (0.73, 1.22) | 0.95 (0.73, 1.22) | 0.97 (0.75, 1.25) | 0.96 (0.74, 1.23) |
| Decreased | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| p for trend | 0.83 | 0.79 | 0.71 | 0.75 | |
| Coronary heart disease | Increased | 1.08 (0.79, 1.48) | 1.09 (0.80, 1.49) | 1.11 (0.81, 1.52) | 1.10 (0.80, 1.51) |
| (258 deaths) | Stable | 0.91 (0.68, 1.21) | 0.91 (0.68, 1.21) | 0.92 (0.69, 1.24) | 0.91 (0.68, 1.23) |
| Decreased | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| p for trend | 0.65 | 0.62 | 0.55 | 0.57 | |
| Smoking related cancers | Increased | 0.65 (0.40, 1.06) | 0.66 (0.41, 1.07) | 0.65 (0.40, 1.06) | 0.65 (0.40, 1.06) |
| (126 deaths) | Stable | 0.87 (0.58, 1.28) | 0.86 (0.58, 1.28) | 0.87 (0.58, 1.29) | 0.86 (0.58, 1.28) |
| Decreased | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| p for trend | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.08 | |
| Other cancers | Increased | 0.86 (0.49, 1.48) | 0.86 (0.49, 1.49) | 0.88 (0.51, 1.53) | 0.88 (0.51, 1.53) |
| (89 deaths) | Stable | 0.92 (0.57, 1.49) | 0.92 (0.57, 1.49) | 0.93 (0.57, 1.51) | 0.93 (0.57, 1.50) |
| Decreased | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| p for trend | 0.58 | 0.58 | 0.65 | 0.64 | |
| Stroke | Increased | 0.91 (0.41, 2.01) | 0.91 (0.41, 2.01) | 0.92 (0.42, 2.04) | 0.92 (0.42, 2.03) |
| (42 deaths) | Stable | 0.90 (0.44, 1.82) | 0.90 (0.44, 1.82) | 0.91 (0.45, 1.85) | 0.90 (0.44, 1.83) |
| Decreased | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| p for trend | 0.81 | 0.81 | 0.83 | 0.83 | |
| Respiratory | Increased | 1.65 (0.79, 3.45) | 1.66 (0.79, 3.48) | 1.99 (0.94, 4.22) | 1.92 (0.90, 4.08) |
| (45 deaths) | Stable | 0.99 (0.47, 2.09) | 0.99 (0.47, 2.09) | 1.04 (0.49, 2.21) | 0.99 (0.46, 2.13) |
| Decreased | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| p for trend | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.07 | 0.08 | |
| Alcohol related | Increased | 1.10 (0.52, 2.34) | 1.10 (0.52, 2.35) | 1.14 (0.53, 2.45) | 1.13 (0.53, 2.42) |
| (37 deaths) | Stable | 0.54 (0.24, 1.21) | 0.54 (0.24, 1.21) | 0.58 (0.26, 1.31) | 0.57 (0.25, 1.29) |
| Decreased | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| p for trend | 0.86 | 0.85 | 0.79 | 0.81 |
↵6-150 Cigarettes smoked daily, ex, current, never smokers, alcohol consumption (0, >0–15, >15 units weekly), hours of exercise weekly, diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg), body mass index (kg/m2), FEV1%.