Key finding
Job strain meta-analysis: CHD RR ~1.26; multicohort mortality HR 1.68 in men with cardiometabolic disease
Evidence & causal status
Moderate for defined job strain; limited for generic stress
Association
Caveats & limitations
Reliability / bias notes: Construct heterogeneity; socioeconomic confounding; reverse causation
This describes a population-level association from published research. It is not a prediction about any one individual, and association is not the same as causation unless stated otherwise above.