Bo Netterstrøm

TL;DR: The authors found moderate evidence for a relation between the psychological demands of the job and the development of depression, with relative risks of approximately 2.0, but indication of publication bias weakens the evidence.

TL;DR: Moderate evidence is indicated that high psychologic demands, lack of social support, and iso-strain are risk factors for ischemic heart disease among men, and studies involving women are too few to draw any conclusion concerning women, work stress, and IHD.

TL;DR: Body mass index and HbA1C concentration were significantly associated with objective job strain independent of confounders and no significant association was found between coronary risk factors and subjective job strain.

TL;DR: Psychosocial factors are of significance to the level of salivary cortisol, and high degrees of effort, effort reward imbalance and overcommitment were significantly associated with higher levels of cortisol.

TL;DR: Impairment of normal body function should not be considered a healthy response, and the cumulative health consequences of stress may be disadvantageous, but impairment of oestrogen synthesis induced by chronic stress may explain a lower incidence of breast cancer in women with high stress.