Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES
Volume 125, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
US DEPT HEALTH HUMAN SCIENCES PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1289/EHP1136
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- Swiss National Science Foundation, SNF-SAPALDIA [33CS30-148470/1, 33CSCO-134276/1, 33CSCO-108796, 324730_135673, 3247BO-104283, 3247BO- 104288, 3247BO-104284, 3247-065896, 3100059302, 3200- 052720, 3200-042532, 4026-028099, PMPDP3_129021/1, PMPDP3_141671/1]
- SNF-SiRENE [CRSII3_147635]
- Swiss Federal Office for the Environment
- Federal Office of Public Health
- Federal Office of Roads and Transpor
- canton government of Aargau
- canton government of Basel-Stadt
- canton government of Basel-Land
- canton government of Geneva
- canton government of Luzern
- canton government of Ticino
- canton government of Valais
- canton government of Zurich
- Swiss Lung of League
- canton Lung Leagues of Geneva
- canton Lung Leagues of Ticino
- canton Lung Leagues of Valais
- canton Lung Leagues of Graubunden
- canton Lung Leagues of Zurich
- Stiftung chemals Bundner Heilstatten
- Swiss National Accident Insurance Fund (SUVA)
- Freiwillige Akademische Gesellschaf
- UBS Wealth Foundation, Talecris Biotherapeutics GmbH
- Abbott Diagnostics
- European Commission (GABRIEL) [018996]
- Wellcome Trust [WT 084703MA]
- canton Lung Leagues of Basel Stadt/Basel Landschaft
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BACKGROUND: The impact of different transportation noise sources and noise environments on arterial stiffness remains unknown. OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the association between residential outdoor exposure to annual average road, railway, and aircraft noise levels, total noise intermittency (IR), and total number of noise events (NE) and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) following a cross-sectional design. METHODS: We measured baPWV (meters/second) in 2,775 participants (49-81 y old) at the second follow-up (2010-2011) of the Swiss Cohort Study on Air Pollution and Lung and Heart Diseases in Adults (SAPALDIA). We assigned annual average road, railway, and aircraft noise levels (Ldensource), total day- and nighttime NEtime and IRtime (percent fluctuation=0%, none or constant noise; percent fluctuation=100%, high fluctuation) at the most exposed facade using 2011 Swiss noise models. We applied multivariable linear mixed regression models to analyze associations. RESULTS: Medians [interquartile ranges (IQRs)] were baPWV = 13.4 (3.1) m/s; Lden(air) (57.6% exposed) = 32.8 (8.0) dB; Lden(rail) (44.6% exposed) = 30.0 (8.1) dB; Lden(road) (99.7% exposed): 54.2 (10.6) dB; NEnight = 123 (179); NEday = 433 (870); IRnight = 73% (27); and IRday = 63.8% (40.3). We observed a 0.87% (95% CI: 0.31, 1.43%) increase in baPWV per IQR of Ldenrail, which was greater with IRnight > 80% or with daytime sleepiness. We observed a nonsignificant positive association between Lden(road) and baPWV in urban areas and a negative tendency in rural areas. NEnight, but not NEday, was associated with baPWV. Associations were independent of the other noise sources and air pollution. CONCLUSIONS: Long-term exposure to railway noise, particularly in an intermittent nighttime noise environment, and to nighttime noise events, mainly related to road noise, may affect arterial stiffness, a major determinant of cardiovascular disease. Ascertaining noise exposure characteristics beyond average noise levels may be relevant to better understand noise-related health effects.
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