Traffic noise and cardiovascular risk. The Caerphilly study, first phase. Outdoor noise levels and risk factors

Babisch, W., Gallacher, John Edward ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2394-5299, Elwood, Peter Creighton and Ising, H. 1988. Traffic noise and cardiovascular risk. The Caerphilly study, first phase. Outdoor noise levels and risk factors. Archives of Environmental Health 43 (6) , pp. 407-414. 10.1080/00039896.1988.9935859

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Abstract

As part of the Caerphilly study, traffic noise exposure and risk for ischemic heart disease (IHD) were studied in a sample of 2,512 men aged 45-59 yr. The traffic noise emission level ranged between Leq = 51-70 dB(A) (6-22 hr, 10 min). No association was found between traffic noise and prevalence of IHD. Associations were found between noise and potential IHD risk factors including systolic blood pressure, oestradiol, total cholesterol, plasma viscosity, antithrombin III (increases), cortisol, and platelet count (decrease). Not all results supported the hypothesis that traffic noise increases the risk for IHD. The possibility of confounding cannot be excluded, although an extensive range of potential confounding variables were included in the analysis.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine Systems Immunity Research Institute (SIURI)
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RZ Other systems of medicine
Publisher:	Heldref Publications
ISSN:	0003-9896
Last Modified:	10 Jun 2023 01:17
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/64573

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