Work Stress and Cardiovascular Mortality in Finnish Industrial Employees, 1973-2001

A prospective cohort study of 812 industrial employees in Finland tracked from 1973 to 2001. The dataset, created by Mika Kivimäki of the University of Jyväskylä, links work stress models to cardiovascular mortality risk. It includes baseline health assessments, behavioral risks, and 5-10 year follow-up biological measurements.

Use Cases

• Modeling cardiovascular mortality risk based on job strain and effort-reward imbalance scores.
• Analyzing the relationship between work stress and biological markers like serum cholesterol and BMI over time.
• Studying the interaction between occupational stress, behavioral risks, and long-term health outcomes.
• Benchmarking predictive models for occupational health interventions using a longitudinal cohort.

Strengths

• Longitudinal design with a mean follow-up period of 25.6 years.
• Includes 812 participants with baseline and follow-up biological measurements.
• Links specific work stress models (job strain, effort-reward imbalance) to hard mortality outcomes from a national register.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and occupational bias inherent to a single Finnish metal industry company.

Provenance

Source

University of Jyväskylä

Collection Method

Prospective cohort study with baseline examination and follow-up measurements.

Time Range

1973-2001

Geography

Finland (staff of a metal industry company)