Gender-specific associations between measures of work stress and cortisol secretion measures at Whitehall II Phase 7, adjusted for age, ethnicity, time of waking and time since waking.

CAR, cortisol awakening response; Slope, cortisol decline over the day*: P-value for gender and work stress measurement interaction.Data were presented by 1-Standard Deviation increase of each dimension of JDC/ERI models. Job strain was calculated by subtracting control score from demand score; ERI ratio was calculated by the formula effort/reward*0.5 and logarithm transformed.