Abstract
We compared the prevalence of hypertension in subjects that lived on main roads with those that lived in side streets. An odds ratio of 1.310 (95% CI = 1.052-1.631) was found for those who lived on the main roads. In this traffic-exposed subgroup, subjects that had the living and the bedroom facing the road an odds ratio of 1.736 (CI = 0.673-1.882) was found in comparison with those who had both rooms on the rear side of the house. In subjects that lived on side streets the location of the rooms was meaningless (OR = 1.102, CI = 0.648-1.874).
Highlights
The prevalence of hypertension was assessed in 1770 subjects that lived on 7 major trunk roads or adjacent parallel side streets that were completely shielded by terraced 3-4 storey apartment buildings
Multiple logistic regression analyses were carried out to assess the relationship between the road traffic noise level and the prevalence of hypertension
All study results are adjusted for age, gender, education, body mass index, physical activity at leisure, alcohol intake, family history of hypertension and occupants per room which showed an impact on the association between road traffic noise and hypertension in a multiple model where only potentially confounding covariates were considered
Summary
The prevalence of hypertension was assessed in 1770 subjects that lived on 7 major trunk roads or adjacent parallel side streets that were completely shielded by terraced 3-4 storey apartment buildings. Multiple logistic regression analyses were carried out to assess the relationship between the road traffic noise level and the prevalence of hypertension.
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