Relationship among long-term aircraft noise exposure, blood pressure profile, and arterial stiffness

Autor: P. Skalski, Wiktoria Wojciechowska, Marta Rojek, Marek Rajzer, T. Pizon, Andrzej Januszewicz, Danuta Czarnecka, Tomasz Dróżdż
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of hypertension. 37(7)
ISSN: 1473-5598
Popis: OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of long-term exposure to aircraft noise on blood pressure (BP), prevalence of arterial hypertension, and indices of asymptomatic organ damage. METHODS Using acoustic maps, we selected and further compared people living (average 35 years) in areas exposed to high, more than 60 dB (n = 101), and low aircraft noise, less than 55 dB (n = 100). Medical history taking, office BP measurement, ambulatory BP monitoring, and echocardiographic and arterial stiffness measurements were performed. RESULTS Exposure to aircraft noise did not increase the prevalence of arterial hypertension (50%, both groups) but was associated with higher office (88.3 ± 11.4 vs. 79.8 ± 8.6 mmHg, P
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