TY - GEN
T1 - Association between noise annoyance and high blood pressure. Preliminary results from the HYENA study
AU - Babisch, Wolfgang
AU - Houthuijs, Danny
AU - Pershagen, Göran
AU - Katsouyanni, Klea
AU - Velonakis, Manolis
AU - Cadum, Ennio
AU - Dudley, Marie Louise
AU - Bluhm, Gösta
AU - Breugelmans, Oscar
AU - Charalampidis, Alexandros
AU - Dimakopoulou, Konstantina
AU - Savigny, Pauline
AU - Seiffert, Ingeburg
AU - Selander, Jenny
AU - Sourtzi, Panayota
AU - Swart, Wim
AU - Vigna-Taglianti, Federica
AU - Järup, Lars
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Studies have shown a higher risk of hypertension for subjects exposed to high levels of occupational or environmental noise. The large body of literature on the association between noise level and noise annoyance shows a clear dose-response relationship between the two. The association between the subjective perception of the sound - noise annoyance - and high blood pressure, however, was rarely investigated. In the EU-funded HYENA study noise level and noise annoyances due to aircraft and road traffic noise were assessed, as well as determinants of high blood pressure, including measured systolic and diastolic blood pressure, anti-hypertensive medication and self-reported doctor diagnosed hypertension. The study sample comprises 4,861 people aged between 45 and 70 years, who had lived for at least five years near any of the six major European airports. The study subjects filled in a standardized noise questionnaire using the 11-point ICBEN scale. A distinction was made between the annoyance during the day and during the night. Multiple regression analyses revealed significant associations between annoyances regarding both noise sources and determinants of manifest high blood pressure. The results, which are preliminary, were adjusted for possible confounding factors.
AB - Studies have shown a higher risk of hypertension for subjects exposed to high levels of occupational or environmental noise. The large body of literature on the association between noise level and noise annoyance shows a clear dose-response relationship between the two. The association between the subjective perception of the sound - noise annoyance - and high blood pressure, however, was rarely investigated. In the EU-funded HYENA study noise level and noise annoyances due to aircraft and road traffic noise were assessed, as well as determinants of high blood pressure, including measured systolic and diastolic blood pressure, anti-hypertensive medication and self-reported doctor diagnosed hypertension. The study sample comprises 4,861 people aged between 45 and 70 years, who had lived for at least five years near any of the six major European airports. The study subjects filled in a standardized noise questionnaire using the 11-point ICBEN scale. A distinction was made between the annoyance during the day and during the night. Multiple regression analyses revealed significant associations between annoyances regarding both noise sources and determinants of manifest high blood pressure. The results, which are preliminary, were adjusted for possible confounding factors.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84874011126
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84874011126
SN - 9781605603858
T3 - Turkish Acoustical Society - 36th International Congress and Exhibition on Noise Control Engineering, INTER-NOISE 2007 ISTANBUL
SP - 3442
EP - 3451
BT - Turkish Acoustical Society - 36th International Congress and Exhibition on Noise Control Engineering, INTER-NOISE 2007 ISTANBUL
T2 - 36th International Congress and Exhibition on Noise Control Engineering, INTER-NOISE 2007
Y2 - 28 August 2007 through 31 August 2007
ER -