Effects of Exposure to Road, Railway, Airport and Recreational Noise on Blood Pressure and Hypertension
| Autor: | Luca Fredianelli, Davide Petri, Maria Angela Vigotti, Gaetano Licitra |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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airport noise
Adult noise hypertension Airports Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Context (language use) Article Bayesian multivariate linear regression Environmental health recreational noise Medicine noise annoyance Humans Environmental noise environmental noise Recreation Railroads Railway noise Aged business.industry Stressor Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health diastolic blood pressure blood pressure Environmental Exposure Middle Aged railway noise Noise Blood pressure Cross-Sectional Studies Noise Transportation road traffic noise business |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 9145, p 9145 (2021) Volume 18 Issue 17 |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 1661-7827 |
| Popis: | Noise is one of the most diffused environmental stressors affecting modern life. As such, the scientific community is committed to studying the main emission and transmission mechanisms aiming at reducing citizens’ exposure, but is also actively studying the effects that noise has on health. However, scientific literature lacks data on multiple sources of noise and cardiovascular outcomes. The present cross-sectional study aims to evaluate the impact that different types of noise source (road, railway, airport and recreational) in an urban context have on blood pressure variations and hypertension. 517 citizens of Pisa, Italy, were subjected to a structured questionnaire and five measures of blood pressure in one day. Participants were living in the same building for at least 5 years, were aged from 37 to 72 years old and were exposed to one or more noise sources among air traffic, road traffic, railway and recreational noise. Logistic and multivariate linear regression models have been applied in order to assess the association between exposures and health outcomes. The analyses showed that prevalence of high levels of diastolic blood pressure (DBP) is consistent with an increase of 5 dB (A) of night-time noise (β = 0.50 95% CI: 0.18–0.81). Furthermore, increased DBP is also positively associated with more noise sensitive subjects, older than 65 years old, without domestic noise protection, or who never close windows. Among the various noise sources, railway noise was found to be the most associated with DBP (β = 0.68 95% CI: −1.36, 2.72). The obtained relation between DBP and night-time noise levels reinforces current knowledge. |
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