Indoor nocturnal noise is associated with body mass index and blood pressure: a cross-sectional study

Li, Sha; Fong, Daniel Yee Tak; Wong, Janet Yuen Ha; McPherson, Bradley; Lau, Esther Yuet Ying; Huang, Lixi; Man, Irene

doi:10.1186/s12889-021-10845-2

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“…For men, there were no associations, or they were rather opposite. These results are like the ndings of Li et al (2021), who measured nocturnal tra c noise in the bedroom for a week, and found that higher noise exposure increases the BMI among women, but not among men.…”

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Traffic noise in the bedroom in association with being overweight or obese: a cross-sectional study of the Respiratory Health in Northern Europe cohort

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Background Previous research suggests an association between road traffic noise and obesity, but current evidence is inconclusive. We aimed to investigate associations between self-reported traffic noise in bedrooms and self-measured obesity markers. Methods We applied data from the Respiratory Health in Northern Europe (RHINE) cohort. We used self-measured waist circumference (WC) and body mass index (BMI) as outcome values. Noise exposure was assessed as perceived traffic noise in the bedroom and/or the bedroom window’s location towards the street. We applied linear, and logistic regression models and evaluated effect modifications by sex. Results Women, who reported very high traffic noise levels in bedroom, had 1.35 (95% CI 0.32–2.38) kg/m2 higher BMI and 4.66 (95% CI 1.83–7.48) cm higher WC compared to women, who reported no traffic noise in the bedroom. Women who reported higher exposure to road traffic noise had statistically significant higher odds of being overweight, obese or have abdominal obesity with OR varying from 1.16 to 1.67 compared to women, who reported no traffic noise in the bedroom. Among men we did not find any clear associations between noise pollution and obesity measures. Conclusion Our results suggest that self-reported traffic noise in the bedroom may be associated to being overweight or obese among women, but not among men.

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“…Therefore, studies that use outdoor modelled noise levels as the exposure variable, can under-or overestimate the individual noise exposure. Indoor nocturnal noise measured with a noise dosimeter in participants' bedrooms during a week was associated with BMI in women but not in men in Taiwan (Li et al, 2021).…”

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Traffic noise in the bedroom in association with being overweight or obese: a cross-sectional study of the Respiratory Health in Northern Europe cohort

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“…37 Indoor nocturnal noise levels were associated with higher systolic blood pressure in a crosssectional analysis from Hong Kong. 38,39 Evidence shows that even a short-term reduction in aircraft noise exposure levels, for example, because of a COVID-19 lockdown, can lower blood pressure. 40 Associations between noise and arterial hypertension have been inconsistent, [41][42][43][44] but differences in methodologies between the studies, patient profile, and concomitant environmental exposures may partially explain these differences.…”

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Noise and Air Pollution as Risk Factors for Hypertension: Part I—Epidemiology

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Traffic noise and air pollution are 2 major environmental health risk factors in urbanized societies that often occur together. Despite cooccurrence in urban settings, noise and air pollution have generally been studied independently, with many studies reporting a consistent effect on blood pressure for individual exposures. In the present reviews, we will discuss the epidemiology of air pollution and noise effects on arterial hypertension and cardiovascular disease (part I) and the underlying pathophysiology (part II). Both environmental stressors have been found to cause endothelial dysfunction, oxidative stress, vascular inflammation, circadian dysfunction, and activation of the autonomic nervous system, thereby facilitating the development of hypertension. We also discuss the effects of interventions, current gaps in knowledge, and future research tasks. From a societal and policy perspective, the health effects of both air pollution and traffic noise are observed well below the current guideline recommendations. To this end, an important goal for the future is to increase the acceptance of environmental risk factors as important modifiable cardiovascular risk factors, given their substantial impact on the burden of cardiovascular disease.

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“…A total of 78 studies were identified that reported on the impact of noise exposure on blood pressure [Table S5],[ 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 ] including two studies evaluating children from ages 3 to 7 ye...…”

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“…Some studies could not be pooled into the meta-analysis due to differences in population, measurement of exposures, measurement of outcomes, and reporting of outcomes. [ 31 34 38 41 43 50 51 55 56 57 61 62 63 65 66 67 69 70 72 74 77 81 83 86 91 93 94 95 98 99 100 ] Concerns with risk of bias due to confounding, exposure assessment, selection of participants, missing data, and measurement of outcomes were identified [Table S6]. As shown in Table 2 , there was very low CoE for the effects of increased noise exposure on blood pressure.…”

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Impact of Noise Exposure on Risk of Developing Stress-Related Health Effects Related to the Cardiovascular System

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Background: Exposure to acute noise can cause an increase in biological stress reactions, which provides biological plausibility for a potential association between sustained noise exposure and stress-related health effects. However, the certainty in the evidence for an association between exposures to noise on short- and long-term biomarkers of stress has not been widely explored. The objective of this review was to evaluate the strength of evidence between noise exposure and changes in the biological parameters known to contribute to the development of stress-related adverse cardiovascular responses. Materials and Methods: This systematic review comprises English language comparative studies available in PubMed, Cochrane Central, EMBASE, and CINAHL databases from January 1, 1980 to December 29, 2021. Where possible, random-effects meta-analyses were used to examine the effect of noise exposure from various sources on stress-related cardiovascular biomarkers. The risk of bias of individual studies was assessed using the risk of bias of nonrandomized studies of exposures instrument. The certainty of the body of evidence for each outcome was assessed using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation approach. Results: The search identified 133 primary studies reporting on blood pressure, hypertension, heart rate, cardiac arrhythmia, vascular resistance, and cardiac output. Meta-analyses of blood pressure, hypertension, and heart rate suggested there may be signals of increased risk in response to a higher noise threshold or incrementally higher levels of noise. Across all outcomes, the certainty of the evidence was very low due to concerns with the risk of bias, inconsistency across exposure sources, populations, and studies and imprecision in the estimates of effects. Conclusions: This review identifies that exposure to higher levels of noise may increase the risk of some short- and long-term cardiovascular events; however, the certainty of the evidence was very low. This likely represents the inability to compare across the totality of the evidence for each outcome, underscoring the value of continued research in this area. Findings from this review may be used to inform policies of noise reduction or mitigation interventions.

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Indoor nocturnal noise is associated with body mass index and blood pressure: a cross-sectional study

Cited by 9 publications

References 66 publications

Traffic noise in the bedroom in association with being overweight or obese: a cross-sectional study of the Respiratory Health in Northern Europe cohort

Traffic noise in the bedroom in association with being overweight or obese: a cross-sectional study of the Respiratory Health in Northern Europe cohort

Noise and Air Pollution as Risk Factors for Hypertension: Part I—Epidemiology

Impact of Noise Exposure on Risk of Developing Stress-Related Health Effects Related to the Cardiovascular System

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