Higher levels of exposure on road-traffic noise may increase the risk of stroke according to recent study.
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Correlations were analyzed utilizing the Cox
proportional hazards models. The models were controlled for various individual-
and area-level demographic and socioeconomic covariates generated from registries,
as well as for air pollution.
There were 184,523 individuals developed incident
stroke over the follow-up (2000-2017). There was positive relationship of the
risk of incident stroke with road-traffic noise exposure.
Particularly, the incidence rate ration of all strokes
correlated with every 10-dB increase in the 10-year average road-traffic noise
at the most exposed façade was 1.04. In the meantime, the railway noise had a
null effect on the risk of incident stroke.
The current data point to the potential of
road-traffic noise as a cardiovascular risk factor. For a full view of the
clinical study, you may click here.
Source: Int J Epidemiol 2021;doi:10.1093/ije/dyab024