Table 2

Job insecurity and incident antidepressant use among 5142 Danish employees (2000–2003)

At riskIncident antidepressant useModel 1Model 2
NN (%)OR (95% CI)OR (95% CI)
Job insecurity
    No3240129 (4.0)1 (reference)1 (reference)
    Yes1902103 (5.4)1.43 (1.09 to 1.88)1.15 (0.87 to 1.52)
History of prolonged unemployment
    No4510188 (4.2)1 (reference)1 (reference)
    Yes63244 (7.0)1.62 (1.14 to 2.30)1.49 (1.04 to 2.13)
  • Logistic regression analysis: model 1 is adjusted for sex, age, cohabitation, socioeconomic position and alcohol consumption; model 2 is additionally adjusted for depressive symptom score at baseline.