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Zhang H, Ye R, Yang H, Liu Y, Zhao L, Zhao Y, Chen L, Shan L, Xia Y. Long-term noise exposure and cause-specific mortality in chronic respiratory diseases, considering the modifying effect of air pollution. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2024; 282:116740. [PMID: 39024955 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2024.116740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2024] [Revised: 07/04/2024] [Accepted: 07/13/2024] [Indexed: 07/20/2024]
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BACKGROUND Chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) are among the top three causes of human mortality. The relationship between modifiable environmental risk factor of noise and risk of mortality in CRDs is unclear. We investigated the longitudinal association between environmental noise exposure and cause-specific mortality in individuals with CRDs, considering the modifying effect of air pollution. METHODS Residential noise exposure was modelled using Common Noise Assessment Methods in Europe. Information on death causes were acquired from death registry data. Cox proportional-hazards models were used to estimate effect sizes. RESULTS Among 41,222 participants selected from UK Biobank with CRDs in baseline, a total of 3618 death cases occurred during an average follow-up of 12 years with mortality density of 7.16 per 1000 person years. Exposure with highest noise level (> percentile 90) were associated with 22 % (Hazard ratio [HR] = 1.22, 95 % confidence interval [CI]: 1.05, 1.42), 71 % (HR = 1.71, 95 % CI: 1.14, 2.56), and 84 % (HR = 1.84, 95 % CI: 1.10, 3.07) increased risks for all-cause, respiratory disease (RD)-cause, and COPD-cause mortalities, separately. Both multiplicative and additive interactions was found between air pollution and noise with the risk of RD-cause mortality. Participants with high air pollution and noise exposure were associated with a 101 % (HR = 2.01, 95 % CI: 1.10, 3.66) increased risk of RD-cause mortality. CONCLUSION It is imperative to mitigate noise exposure as a preventive measure against incident mortality in individuals with CRDs.
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- Hehua Zhang
- Clinical Trials and Translation Center, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China; Liaoning Key Laboratory of Precision Medical Research on Major Chronic Disease, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Liaoning Key Laboratory of Precision Medical Research on Major Chronic Disease, Shenyang, China; Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Liaoning Key Laboratory of Precision Medical Research on Major Chronic Disease, Shenyang, China; Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Liaoning Key Laboratory of Precision Medical Research on Major Chronic Disease, Shenyang, China; Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Hubei Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
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- Liaoning Key Laboratory of Precision Medical Research on Major Chronic Disease, Shenyang, China; Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
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Allaouat S, Yli-Tuomi T, Tiittanen P, Kukkonen J, Kangas L, Mikkonen S, Tiia N, Jousilahti P, Siponen T, Zeller T, Lanki T. Long-term exposures to low concentrations of source-specific air pollution, road-traffic noise, and systemic inflammation and cardiovascular disease biomarkers. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2024:119846. [PMID: 39187149 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.119846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2024] [Revised: 08/22/2024] [Accepted: 08/24/2024] [Indexed: 08/28/2024]
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OBJECTIVES Air pollution and traffic noise are detrimental to cardiovascular health. However, the effects of different sources of these exposures on cardiovascular biomarkers remain unclear. We explored the associations of long-term exposure to source-specific air pollution (vehicular exhausts and residential woodsmoke) at low concentrations and road-traffic noise with systemic inflammation and cardiovascular disease biomarkers. MATERIAL AND METHODS Modeled outdoor exposure to fine particulate matter (aerodynamic diameter ≤ 2.5 μm; PM2.5) from vehicular exhausts and residential woodsmoke, nitrogen dioxide (NO2) from road traffic, and road-traffic noise were linked to the home addresses of the participants (Finnish residents aged 25-74) in the FINRISK study 1997-2012. The participants were located in the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, and the region of Turku, Finland. The outcomes were high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP), a biomarker for systemic inflammation, and cardiovascular disease biomarkers N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and troponin I. We performed cross-sectional analyses with linear and additive models and adjusted for potential confounders. RESULTS We found no association between PM2.5 from vehicular exhausts (% CRP difference for 1 μg/m3 increase in PM2.5: -0.9, 95% confidence interval, CI: -7.2, 5.8), or from residential woodsmoke (% difference: -8.1, 95% CI: -21.7, 7.9) and CRP (N = 4147). Road-traffic noise > 70 dB tended to be positively associated with CRP (% CRP difference versus noise reference category of ≤ 45 decibels: 18.3, 95% CI: -0.5, 40.6), but the association lacked significance and robustness (N = 7142). Otherwise, we found no association between road-traffic noise and CRP, nor between NO2 from road traffic and NT-proBNP (N = 1907) or troponin I (N = 1951). CONCLUSION Long-term exposures to source-specific, fairly low-level air pollution from vehicular exhausts and residential woodsmoke, or road-traffic noise were not associated with systemic inflammation and cardiovascular disease biomarkers in this urban area.
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- Sara Allaouat
- Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; Lifestyles and Living Environments Unit, Department of Public Health Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Kuopio, Finland.
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- Lifestyles and Living Environments Unit, Department of Public Health Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Kuopio, Finland
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- Lifestyles and Living Environments Unit, Department of Public Health Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Kuopio, Finland
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; Centre for Climate Change Research (C3R), University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Lifestyles and Living Environments Unit, Department of Public Health, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Lifestyles and Living Environments Unit, Department of Public Health, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Lifestyles and Living Environments Unit, Department of Public Health Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Kuopio, Finland
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- University Center of Cardiovascular Science, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Germany; Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Medical University Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Hamburg/Lübeck/Kiel, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; Lifestyles and Living Environments Unit, Department of Public Health Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Kuopio, Finland; Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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Persson Å, Pyko A, Stucki L, Ögren M, Åkesson A, Oudin A, Tjønneland A, Rosengren A, Segersson D, Rizzuto D, Helte E, Andersson EM, Aasvang GM, Gudjonsdottir H, Selander J, Christensen JH, Leander K, Mattisson K, Eneroth K, Barregard L, Stockfelt L, Albin M, Simonsen MK, Spanne M, Roswall N, Tiittanen P, Molnár P, Ljungman PLS, Männistö S, Yli-Tuomi T, Cole-Hunter T, Lanki T, Lim YH, Andersen ZJ, Sørensen M, Pershagen G, Eriksson C. Long-term exposure to transportation noise and obesity: A pooled analysis of eleven Nordic cohorts. Environ Epidemiol 2024; 8:e319. [PMID: 38983882 PMCID: PMC11233097 DOI: 10.1097/ee9.0000000000000319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2024] [Accepted: 06/11/2024] [Indexed: 07/11/2024] Open
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Background Available evidence suggests a link between exposure to transportation noise and an increased risk of obesity. We aimed to assess exposure-response functions for long-term residential exposure to road traffic, railway and aircraft noise, and markers of obesity. Methods Our cross-sectional study is based on pooled data from 11 Nordic cohorts, including up to 162,639 individuals with either measured (69.2%) or self-reported obesity data. Residential exposure to transportation noise was estimated as a time-weighted average Lden 5 years before recruitment. Adjusted linear and logistic regression models were fitted to assess beta coefficients and odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) for body mass index, overweight, and obesity, as well as for waist circumference and central obesity. Furthermore, natural splines were fitted to assess the shape of the exposure-response functions. Results For road traffic noise, the OR for obesity was 1.06 (95% CI = 1.03, 1.08) and for central obesity 1.03 (95% CI = 1.01, 1.05) per 10 dB Lden. Thresholds were observed at around 50-55 and 55-60 dB Lden, respectively, above which there was an approximate 10% risk increase per 10 dB Lden increment for both outcomes. However, linear associations only occurred in participants with measured obesity markers and were strongly influenced by the largest cohort. Similar risk estimates as for road traffic noise were found for railway noise, with no clear thresholds. For aircraft noise, results were uncertain due to the low number of exposed participants. Conclusion Our results support an association between road traffic and railway noise and obesity.
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- Åsa Persson
- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Occupational and Environmental Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Danish Cancer Institute, Strandboulevarden 49, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
- Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Region Västra Götaland, Department of Medicine Geriatrics and Emergency Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital Östra Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden
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- Aging Research Center, Department of Neurobiology Care Science and Society, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
- Stockholm Gerontology Research Center, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Occupational and Environmental Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Air Quality and Noise, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Occupational and Environmental Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Occupational and Environmental Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Neurology and the Parker Institute, Frederiksberg Hospital, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Environment Department, City of Malmö, Malmö, Sweden
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- Danish Cancer Institute, Strandboulevarden 49, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- Department of Health Security, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Occupational and Environmental Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Cardiology, Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Health Security, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Health Security, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Kuopio, Finland
- Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Danish Cancer Institute, Strandboulevarden 49, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
- Department of Natural Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Denmark
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
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Stucki L, Helte E, Axelsson Ö, Selander J, Lõhmus M, Åkesson A, Eriksson C. Long-term exposure to air pollution, road traffic noise and greenness, and incidence of myocardial infarction in women. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2024; 190:108878. [PMID: 38991262 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.108878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2024] [Revised: 07/04/2024] [Accepted: 07/05/2024] [Indexed: 07/13/2024]
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BACKGROUND Emerging evidence shows that long-term exposure to air pollution, road traffic noise, and greenness can each be associated with cardiovascular disease, but only few studies combined these exposures. In this study, we assessed associations of multiple environmental exposures and incidence of myocardial infarction using annual time-varying predictors. MATERIALS AND METHODS In a population-based cohort of 20,407 women in Sweden, we estimated a five-year moving average of residential exposure to air pollution (PM2.5, PM10 and NO2), road traffic noise (Lden), and greenness (normalized difference vegetation index, NDVI in 500 m buffers), from 1998 to 2017 based on annually varying exposures and address history. We used adjusted time-varying Cox proportional hazards regressions to estimate hazard ratios (HR) and 95 % confidence intervals (95 % CI) of myocardial infarction per interquartile range (IQR). Furthermore, we investigated interactions between the exposures and explored potential vulnerable subgroups. RESULTS In multi-exposure models, long-term exposure to greenness was inversely associated with incidence of myocardial infarction (HR 0.89; 95 % CI 0.80, 0.99 per IQR NDVI increase). Stronger associations were observed in some subgroups, e.g. among women with low attained education and in overweight (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2) compared to their counterparts. For air pollution, we observed a tendency of an increased risk of myocardial infarction in relation to PM2.5 (HR 1.07; 95 % CI 0.93, 1.23) and the association appeared stronger in women with low attained education (HR 1.30; 95 % CI 1.06, 1.58). No associations were observed for PM10, NO2 or road traffic noise. Furthermore, there were no clear interaction patterns between the exposures. CONCLUSION Over a 20-year follow-up period, in multi-exposure models, we found an inverse association between residential greenness and risk of myocardial infarction among women. Furthermore, we observed an increased risk of myocardial infarction in relation to PM2.5 among women with low attained education. Road traffic noise was not associated with myocardial infarction.
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- Lara Stucki
- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 13, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 13, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 13, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden; Centre for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Region Stockholm, Solnavägen 4, 113 65 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 13, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 13, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden; Centre for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Region Stockholm, Solnavägen 4, 113 65 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 13, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 13, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden; Centre for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Region Stockholm, Solnavägen 4, 113 65 Stockholm, Sweden
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Kuntic M, Hahad O, Al-Kindi S, Oelze M, Lelieveld J, Daiber A, Münzel T. Pathomechanistic Synergy Between Particulate Matter and Traffic Noise-Induced Cardiovascular Damage and the Classical Risk Factor Hypertension. Antioxid Redox Signal 2024. [PMID: 38874533 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2024.0659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2024]
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- Marin Kuntic
- Department of Cardiology 1, Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology 1, Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Mainz, Germany
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- Cardiovascular Prevention & Wellness and Center for CV Computational & Precision Health, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Cardiology 1, Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Atmospheric Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology 1, Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology 1, Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Mainz, Germany
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Arregi A, Vegas O, Lertxundi A, Silva A, Ferreira I, Bereziartua A, Cruz MT, Lertxundi N. Road traffic noise exposure and its impact on health: evidence from animal and human studies-chronic stress, inflammation, and oxidative stress as key components of the complex downstream pathway underlying noise-induced non-auditory health effects. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024; 31:46820-46839. [PMID: 38977550 PMCID: PMC11297122 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-33973-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2023] [Accepted: 06/08/2024] [Indexed: 07/10/2024]
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In heavily urbanized world saturated with environmental pollutants, road traffic noise stands out as a significant factor contributing to widespread public health issues. It contributes in the development of a diverse range of non-communicable diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, metabolic dysregulation, cognitive impairment, and neurodegenerative disorders. Although the exact mechanisms behind these non-auditory health effects remain unclear, the noise reaction model centres on the stress response to noise. When exposed to noise, the body activates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and the sympathetic nervous system, leading to the secretion of stress hormones like catecholamines and cortisol. Prolonged exposure to noise-induced stress results in chronic inflammation and oxidative stress. This review underscores the role of inflammation and oxidative stress in the progression of noise-induced vascular dysfunction, disruption of the circadian rhythm, accelerated aging, neuroinflammation, and changes in microbiome. Additionally, our focus is on understanding the interconnected nature of these health outcomes: These interconnected factors create a cascade effect, contributing to the accumulation of multiple risk factors that ultimately lead to severe adverse health effects.
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- Ane Arregi
- Faculty of Psychology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 20008, San Sebastian, Spain
- Environmental Epidemiology and Child Development Group, Biogipuzkoa Health Research Institute, Paseo Doctor Begiristain S/N, 20014, San Sebastian, Spain
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- Faculty of Psychology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 20008, San Sebastian, Spain
- Environmental Epidemiology and Child Development Group, Biogipuzkoa Health Research Institute, Paseo Doctor Begiristain S/N, 20014, San Sebastian, Spain
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- Environmental Epidemiology and Child Development Group, Biogipuzkoa Health Research Institute, Paseo Doctor Begiristain S/N, 20014, San Sebastian, Spain
- Spanish Consortium for Research On Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, C/Monforte de Lemos 3-5, 28029, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 48940, Leioa, Spain
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- Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology and Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3000-548, Coimbra, Portugal
- Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CIBB), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology and Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3000-548, Coimbra, Portugal
- Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CIBB), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Environmental Epidemiology and Child Development Group, Biogipuzkoa Health Research Institute, Paseo Doctor Begiristain S/N, 20014, San Sebastian, Spain
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- Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology and Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3000-548, Coimbra, Portugal.
- Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CIBB), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
- Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, 3000-548, Coimbra, Portugal.
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- Faculty of Psychology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 20008, San Sebastian, Spain
- Environmental Epidemiology and Child Development Group, Biogipuzkoa Health Research Institute, Paseo Doctor Begiristain S/N, 20014, San Sebastian, Spain
- Spanish Consortium for Research On Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, C/Monforte de Lemos 3-5, 28029, Madrid, Spain
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Zhi W, Li Y, Wang Y, Zou Y, Wang H, Xu X, Ma L, Ren Y, Qiu Y, Hu X, Wang L. Effects of 90 dB pure tone exposure on auditory and cardio-cerebral system functions in macaque monkeys. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2024; 249:118236. [PMID: 38266893 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.118236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2023] [Revised: 01/13/2024] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 01/26/2024]
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Excessive noise exposure presents significant health risks to humans, affecting not just the auditory system but also the cardiovascular and central nervous systems. This study focused on three male macaque monkeys as subjects. 90 dB sound pressure level (SPL) pure tone exposure (frequency: 500Hz, repetition rate: 40Hz, 1 min per day, continuously exposed for 5 days) was administered. Assessments were performed before exposure, during exposure, immediately after exposure, and at 7-, 14-, and 28-days post-exposure, employing auditory brainstem response (ABR) tests, electrocardiograms (ECG), and electroencephalograms (EEG). The study found that the average threshold for the Ⅴ wave in the right ear increased by around 30 dB SPL right after exposure (P < 0.01) compared to pre-exposure. This elevation returned to normal within 7 days. The ECG results indicated that one of the macaque monkeys exhibited an RS-type QRS wave, and inverted T waves from immediately after exposure to 14 days, which normalized at 28 days. The other two monkeys showed no significant changes in their ECG parameters. Changes in EEG parameters demonstrated that main brain regions exhibited significant activation at 40Hz during noise exposure. After noise exposure, the power spectral density (PSD) in main brain regions, particularly those represented by the temporal lobe, exhibited a decreasing trend across all frequency bands, with no clear recovery over time. In summary, exposure to 90 dB SPL noise results in impaired auditory systems, aberrant brain functionality, and abnormal electrocardiographic indicators, albeit with individual variations. It has implications for establishing noise protection standards, although the precise mechanisms require further exploration by integrating pathological and behavioral indicators.
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- Weijia Zhi
- Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, China.
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- Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, China.
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- Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, China.
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- Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, China.
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- Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, China.
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- Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, China.
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- Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, China.
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- Animal Center of the Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
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- Animal Center of the Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
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- Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, China.
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- Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, China.
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Münzel T, Molitor M, Kuntic M, Hahad O, Röösli M, Engelmann N, Basner M, Daiber A, Sørensen M. Transportation Noise Pollution and Cardiovascular Health. Circ Res 2024; 134:1113-1135. [PMID: 38662856 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.123.323584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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Epidemiological studies have found that transportation noise increases the risk for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, with solid evidence for ischemic heart disease, heart failure, and stroke. According to the World Health Organization, at least 1.6 million healthy life years are lost annually from traffic-related noise in Western Europe. Traffic noise at night causes fragmentation and shortening of sleep, elevation of stress hormone levels, and increased oxidative stress in the vasculature and the brain. These factors can promote vascular (endothelial) dysfunction, inflammation, and arterial hypertension, thus elevating cardiovascular risk. The present review focusses on the indirect, nonauditory cardiovascular health effects of noise. We provide an updated overview of epidemiological research on the effects of transportation noise on cardiovascular risk factors and disease, and mechanistic insights based on the latest clinical and experimental studies and propose new risk markers to address noise-induced cardiovascular effects in the general population. We will discuss the potential effects of noise on vascular dysfunction, oxidative stress, and inflammation in humans and animals. We will elaborately explain the underlying pathomechanisms by alterations of gene networks, epigenetic pathways, circadian rhythm, signal transduction along the neuronal-cardiovascular axis, and metabolism. We will describe current and future noise mitigation strategies. Finally, we will conduct an overall evaluation of the status of the current evidence of noise as a significant cardiovascular risk factor.
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- Thomas Münzel
- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany (T.M., M.M., M.K., O.H., A.D.)
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Rhine-Main, Germany (T.M., M.M., O.H., A.D.)
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany (T.M., M.M., M.K., O.H., A.D.)
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Rhine-Main, Germany (T.M., M.M., O.H., A.D.)
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany (T.M., M.M., M.K., O.H., A.D.)
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany (T.M., M.M., M.K., O.H., A.D.)
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Rhine-Main, Germany (T.M., M.M., O.H., A.D.)
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Department Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Basel, Switzerland (M.R., N.E.)
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Department Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Basel, Switzerland (M.R., N.E.)
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- Unit for Experimental Psychiatry, Division of Sleep and Chronobiology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA (M.B.)
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany (T.M., M.M., M.K., O.H., A.D.)
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Rhine-Main, Germany (T.M., M.M., O.H., A.D.)
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- Danish Cancer Institute, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark (M.S.)
- Department of Natural Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Denmark (M.S.)
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Mehrotra A, Shukla SP, Shukla AK, Manar MK, Singh SK, Mehrotra M. A Comprehensive Review of Auditory and Non-Auditory Effects of Noise on Human Health. Noise Health 2024; 26:59-69. [PMID: 38904803 DOI: 10.4103/nah.nah_124_23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/03/2024] [Indexed: 06/22/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVE Excessive noise is unpleasant and induces several physiological and psychological effects. Noise pollution is a potential threat to humans, particularly those continuously exposed for extended periods throughout the day over many years. This review aims to examine the various auditory and non-auditory outcomes associated with prolonged exposure to noise pollution. MATERIALS AND METHODS The review utilized a combination of relevant keywords to search the electronic databases. After screening based on the applied selection criteria for title, abstract, and full text, 44 articles were finally selected for critical review. RESULTS We identified and analyzed research findings related to noise-induced hearing loss, tinnitus, and sleep disturbances along with non-auditory issues such as annoyance, cognitive impairments, and mental stress associated with cardiovascular disorders. Furthermore, the existing studies were compared and collated to highlight the unique challenges and significance of noise pollution as a distinctive environmental concern and to explore the ongoing efforts in its research and prevention, including the early detection and potential reversal of noise-induced hearing loss. CONCLUSION The fundamental health consequences of noise pollution underscore the need for extensive research encompassing emerging noise sources and technologies to establish a health management system tailored to address noise-related health concerns and reduce noise exposure risk among populations. Finally, further research is warranted to ensure improved measurement of noise exposure and related health outcomes, especially in the context of occupational noise.
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Rajkiya Engineering College, Banda, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Civil Engineering, IET, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, KGMU, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, KGMU, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Jin T, Kosheleva A, Castro E, Qiu X, James P, Schwartz J. Long-term noise exposures and cardiovascular diseases mortality: A study in 5 U.S. states. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2024; 245:118092. [PMID: 38163540 PMCID: PMC10923011 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.118092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2023] [Revised: 12/10/2023] [Accepted: 12/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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BACKGROUND Previous studies have linked noise exposure with adverse cardiovascular events. However, evidence remains inconsistent, and most previous studies only focused on traffic noise, excluding other anthropogenic sources like constructions, industrial process and commercial activities. Additionally, few studies have been conducted in the U.S. or evaluated the non-linear exposure-response relationships. METHODS We conducted a relative incidence analysis study using all cardiovascular diseases mortality as cases (n = 936,019) and external causes mortality (n = 232,491) as contrast outcomes. Mortality records geocoded at residential addresses were obtained from five U.S. states (Indiana, 2007; Kansas, 2007-2009, Missouri, 2010-2019, Ohio, 2007-2013, Texas, 2007-2016). Time-invariant long-term noise exposure was obtained from a validated model developed based on acoustical measurements across 2000-2014. Noises from both natural sources (natural activities, including animals, insects, winds, water flows, thunder, etc.) and anthropogenic sources (human activities, including transportation, industrial activities, community facilities & infrastructures, commercial activities, entertainments, etc.) were included. We used daytime and nighttime total anthropogenic noise & day-night average sound pressure level combining natural and anthropogenic sources as exposures. Logistic regression models were fit controlling for Census tract-level & individual-level characteristics. We examined potential modification by sex by interaction terms and potential non-linear associations by thin plate spline terms. RESULTS We observed positive associations for daytime anthropogenic L50 (sound level exceeded 50% of time) noise (10-dBA OR = 1.047, 95%CI 1.025-1.069), nighttime anthropogenic L50 noise (10-dBA OR = 1.061, 95%CI 1.033-1.091) in a two-exposure-term model, and overall Ldn (day-night average) sound pressure level (10-dBA OR = 1.064, 95%CI 1.040-1.089) in single-exposure-term model. Females were more susceptible to all three exposures. All exposures showed monotonic positive associations with cardiovascular mortality up to certain thresholds around 45-55 dBA, with a generally flattened or decreasing trend beyond those thresholds. CONCLUSIONS Both daytime anthropogenic and nighttime anthropogenic noises were associated with cardiovascular disease mortality, and associations were stronger in females.
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- Tingfan Jin
- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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Wu J, Grande G, Pyko A, Laukka EJ, Pershagen G, Ögren M, Bellander T, Rizzuto D. Long-term exposure to transportation noise in relation to global cognitive decline and cognitive impairment: Results from a Swedish longitudinal cohort. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2024; 185:108572. [PMID: 38479058 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.108572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2023] [Revised: 02/29/2024] [Accepted: 03/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/26/2024]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Transportation noise is an environmental exposure with mounting evidence of adverse health effects. Besides the increased risk of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, recent studies suggest that long-term noise exposure might accelerate cognitive decline in older age. We examined the association between transportation noise and cognitive function in a cohort of older adults. METHODS The present study is based on 2594 dementia-free participants aged 60 + years from the Swedish National study on Aging and Care in Kungsholmen (SNAC-K). Global cognition score and CIND (cognitive impairment, no dementia) were assessed with a comprehensive neuropsychological battery at baseline and up to 16 years. Residential transportation noise resulting from road traffic, railway, and aircraft were estimated at the most exposed façade and the time-weighted average exposure was assessed. Linear mixed-effect models were used to assess the effect of long-term traffic noise exposure on the rate of change in global cognition score. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95 % confidence intervals (CIs) of CIND by transportation noise exposure were obtained with Cox proportional hazard models. RESULTS Global cognition score decreased at an average rate of -0.041 (95 %CI -0.043, -0.039) per year. Aircraft noise was associated with a 0.007 (per 10 dB Lden; 95 %CI -0.012, -0.001) faster annual rate of decline. Global cognition score seems to be not affected by road traffic and railway noise. During the follow-up, 422 (21 %) participants developed CIND. A 10-dB Lden difference in exposure to aircraft and railway noise was associated with a 16 % (HR 1.16, 95 %CI 0.91, 1.49) and 26 % (HR 1.26, 95 %CI 1.01, 1.56) increased hazard of CIND in the multi-pollutant model, respectively. No association was found for road traffic (HR 1.00, 95 %CI 0.83, 1.21). CONCLUSIONS Transportation noise was linked to cognitive impairment and faster cognitive decline among older adults. Future studies are warranted to confirm our results.
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- Jing Wu
- Aging Research Center, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, 171 65, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Aging Research Center, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, 171 65, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institute, 171 65, Stockholm, Sweden; Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Stockholm Region, 113 65, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Aging Research Center, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, 171 65, Stockholm, Sweden; Stockholm Gerontology Research Center, 113 46, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institute, 171 65, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Occupational and Environmental Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, 405 30, Gothenburg, Sweden; Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, 413 90, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institute, 171 65, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Aging Research Center, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, 171 65, Stockholm, Sweden; Stockholm Gerontology Research Center, 113 46, Stockholm, Sweden
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Sagheer U, Al-Kindi S, Abohashem S, Phillips CT, Rana JS, Bhatnagar A, Gulati M, Rajagopalan S, Kalra DK. Environmental Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease: Part 2 of 2: Soil, Water, and Other Forms of Pollution. JACC. ADVANCES 2024; 3:100815. [PMID: 38939394 PMCID: PMC11198458 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2023.100815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2024]
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With a growing body of evidence that now links environmental pollution to adverse cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes, pollution has emerged as an important risk factor for CVD. There is thus an urgent need to better understand the role of pollution in CVD, key pathophysiological mechanisms, and to raise awareness among health care providers, the scientific community, the general population, and regulatory authorities about the CV impact of pollution and strategies to reduce it. This article is part 2 of a 2-part state-of-the-art review on the topic of pollution and CVD-herein we discuss major environmental pollutants and their effects on CVD, highlighting pathophysiological mechanisms, and strategies to reduce CVD risk.
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- Usman Sagheer
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University Hospitals, Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Divison of Cardiovascular Imaging, Radiology Department, Massachusetts General Hospital-Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine, USA
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- The Permanente Medical Group, Department of Cardiology, Oakland Medical Center, Oakland, California, USA
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- Division of Environmental Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Center, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University Hospitals, Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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Sørensen M, Pershagen G, Thacher JD, Lanki T, Wicki B, Röösli M, Vienneau D, Cantuaria ML, Schmidt JH, Aasvang GM, Al-Kindi S, Osborne MT, Wenzel P, Sastre J, Fleming I, Schulz R, Hahad O, Kuntic M, Zielonka J, Sies H, Grune T, Frenis K, Münzel T, Daiber A. Health position paper and redox perspectives - Disease burden by transportation noise. Redox Biol 2024; 69:102995. [PMID: 38142584 PMCID: PMC10788624 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2023.102995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2023] [Revised: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/10/2023] [Indexed: 12/26/2023] Open
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Transportation noise is a ubiquitous urban exposure. In 2018, the World Health Organization concluded that chronic exposure to road traffic noise is a risk factor for ischemic heart disease. In contrast, they concluded that the quality of evidence for a link to other diseases was very low to moderate. Since then, several studies on the impact of noise on various diseases have been published. Also, studies investigating the mechanistic pathways underlying noise-induced health effects are emerging. We review the current evidence regarding effects of noise on health and the related disease-mechanisms. Several high-quality cohort studies consistently found road traffic noise to be associated with a higher risk of ischemic heart disease, heart failure, diabetes, and all-cause mortality. Furthermore, recent studies have indicated that road traffic and railway noise may increase the risk of diseases not commonly investigated in an environmental noise context, including breast cancer, dementia, and tinnitus. The harmful effects of noise are related to activation of a physiological stress response and nighttime sleep disturbance. Oxidative stress and inflammation downstream of stress hormone signaling and dysregulated circadian rhythms are identified as major disease-relevant pathomechanistic drivers. We discuss the role of reactive oxygen species and present results from antioxidant interventions. Lastly, we provide an overview of oxidative stress markers and adverse redox processes reported for noise-exposed animals and humans. This position paper summarizes all available epidemiological, clinical, and preclinical evidence of transportation noise as an important environmental risk factor for public health and discusses its implications on the population level.
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- Mette Sørensen
- Work, Environment and Cancer, Danish Cancer Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Natural Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Denmark.
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Health Security, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Kuopio, Finland; School of Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Work, Environment and Cancer, Danish Cancer Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark; Research Unit for ORL - Head & Neck Surgery and Audiology, Odense University Hospital & University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Research Unit for ORL - Head & Neck Surgery and Audiology, Odense University Hospital & University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Air Quality and Noise, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Medicine, University Hospitals, Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute, Case Western Reserve University, 11100 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Cardiovascular Imaging Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Cardiology I, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Rhine-Main, Mainz, Germany; Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Valencia, Spain
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- Institute for Vascular Signalling, Centre for Molecular Medicine, Goethe University, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany; German Center of Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site RheinMain, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Justus-Liebig University, Gießen, 35392, Gießen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Cardiology I, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Rhine-Main, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Cardiology I, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Rhine-Main, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Biophysics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, Faculty of Medicine, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany; Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Toxicology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany; German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), München-Neuherberg, Germany
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- Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Stem Cell Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Cardiology I, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Rhine-Main, Mainz, Germany; Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Cardiology I, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Rhine-Main, Mainz, Germany; Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
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Yang L, Gutierrez DE, Guthrie OW. Systemic health effects of noise exposure. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. PART B, CRITICAL REVIEWS 2024; 27:21-54. [PMID: 37957800 DOI: 10.1080/10937404.2023.2280837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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Noise, any unwanted sound, is pervasive and impacts large populations worldwide. Investigators suggested that noise exposure not only induces auditory damage but also produces various organ system dysfunctions. Although previous reviews primarily focused on noise-induced cardiovascular and cerebral dysfunctions, this narrow focus has unintentionally led the research community to disregard the importance of other vital organs. Indeed, limited studies revealed that noise exposure impacts other organs including the liver, kidneys, pancreas, lung, and gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, the aim of this review was to examine the effects of noise on both the extensively studied organs, the brain and heart, but also determine noise impact on other vital organs. The goal was to illustrate a comprehensive understanding of the systemic effects of noise. These systemic effects may guide future clinical research and epidemiological endpoints, emphasizing the importance of considering noise exposure history in diagnosing various systemic diseases.
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- Li Yang
- Cell & Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
- Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
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- Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, USA
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- Cell & Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
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Roscoe C, Grady ST, Hart JE, Iyer HS, Manson JE, Rexrode KM, Rimm EB, Laden F, James P. Association between Noise and Cardiovascular Disease in a Nationwide U.S. Prospective Cohort Study of Women Followed from 1988 to 2018. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2023; 131:127005. [PMID: 38048103 PMCID: PMC10695265 DOI: 10.1289/ehp12906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Revised: 10/30/2023] [Accepted: 11/08/2023] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Long-term noise exposure is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD), including acute cardiovascular events such as myocardial infarction and stroke. However, longitudinal cohort studies in the U.S. of long-term noise and CVD are almost exclusively from Europe and few modeled nighttime noise, when an individual is likely at home or asleep, separately from daytime noise. We aimed to examine the prospective association of outdoor long-term nighttime and daytime noise from anthropogenic sources with incident CVD using a U.S.-based, nationwide cohort of women. METHODS We linked L 50 nighttime and L 50 daytime anthropogenic modeled noise estimates from a U.S. National Parks Service model (L 50 : sound pressure levels exceeded 50 percent of the time) to geocoded residential addresses of 114,116 participants in the Nurses' Health Study. We used time-varying Cox proportional hazards models to estimate risk of incident CVD, coronary heart disease (CHD), and stroke associated with long-term average (14-y measurement period) noise exposure, adjusted for potential individual- and area-level confounders and CVD risk factors (1988-2018; biennial residential address updates; monthly CVD updates). We assessed effect modification by population density, region, air pollution, vegetation cover, and neighborhood socioeconomic status, and explored mediation by self-reported average nightly sleep duration. RESULTS Over 2,548,927 person-years, there were 10,331 incident CVD events. In fully adjusted models, the hazard ratios for each interquartile range increase in L 50 nighttime noise (3.67 dBA) and L 50 daytime noise (4.35 dBA), respectively, were 1.04 (95% CI: 1.02, 1.06) and 1.04 (95% CI: 1.02, 1.07). Associations for total energy-equivalent noise level (L eq ) measures were stronger than for the anthropogenic statistical L 50 noise measures. Similar associations were observed for CHD and stroke. Interaction analyses suggested that associations of L 50 nighttime and L 50 daytime noise with CVD did not differ by prespecified effect modifiers. We found no evidence that inadequate sleep (< 5 h/night) mediated associations of L 50 nighttime noise and CVD. DISCUSSION Outdoor L 50 anthropogenic nighttime and daytime noise at the residential address was associated with a small increase in CVD risk in a cohort of adult female nurses. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP12906.
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- Charlotte Roscoe
- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Division of Population Sciences, Dana Faber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Section of Cancer Epidemiology and Health Outcomes, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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- Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Women’s Health, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Division of Chronic Disease Research Across the Lifecourse, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Stucki L, Betnér S, Selander J, Lõhmus M, Åkesson A, Eriksson C. Sociodemographic inequalities in long-term exposure to air pollution, road traffic noise, and greenness: A population-based cohort study of women. Environ Epidemiol 2023; 7:e279. [PMID: 38912394 PMCID: PMC11189682 DOI: 10.1097/ee9.0000000000000279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/25/2024] Open
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Background Recent evidence suggests environmental health inequalities both within and between European countries and socially deprived groups may be more susceptible to pollution. However, evidence is still inconclusive and additional studies are warranted. This study aims to investigate sociodemographic inequalities in long-term residential exposure to air pollution, road traffic noise, and greenness, taking lifestyle and degree of urbanization into account. Methods In total 20,407 women, born 1914-48 residing in Uppsala County, Sweden, were followed between 1997 and 2017. Time-varying sociodemographic variables were obtained from registers, and questionnaires provided lifestyle information. Generalized estimating equations were used to compute beta-coefficients (β) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for associations between sociodemographic and lifestyle variables and spatial-temporal modeled particulate matter (PM2.5, PM10), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), road traffic noise and greenness. All models were additionally stratified by urbanization type. Results Urban area residency was the most important predictor of high exposure to air pollution and noise, and to low greenness. For instance, β for NO2 was -2.92 (95% CI = -3.00, -2.83) and -3.10 (95% CI = -3.18, -3.01) µg/m3 in suburban and rural areas, respectively, compared with urban areas. For greenness, the opposite held true with corresponding β of 0.059 (95% CI = 0.056, 0.062) and 0.095 (95% CI = 0.092, 0.098). Within urban areas, elderly, unmarried and well-educated women had the highest environmental burden. However, less pronounced, and even reversed associations were found in suburban and rural areas. Conclusion This study provides evidence of a mixed pattern of environmental health inequalities across sociodemographic groups in urban areas.
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- Lara Stucki
- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Centre for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Centre for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Centre for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
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Olbrich HG, Röösli M, Herrmann E, Maschke C, Schadow K, Hähnel T, Rupprecht HJ, Kaltenbach M. Aircraft noise exposure and risk for recurrent cardiovascular events after acute coronary syndrome: A prospective patient cohort study. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 238:117108. [PMID: 37690630 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.117108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2023] [Revised: 08/29/2023] [Accepted: 09/08/2023] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
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In several population based cohort studies associations between aircraft noise and various diagnoses of cardiovascular disease were observed. However, no study has yet addressed the risk of recurrences in relation to transportation noise in patients with acute coronary heart disease. We conducted a prospective patient cohort study of 737 individuals recruited from eleven cardiac centers in the Rhine-Main region in the vicinity of Frankfurt Airport. All patients had an angiographically confirmed acute coronary syndrome diagnosed between July 2013 and November 2018. Individual aircraft noise exposure at the place of residence was calculated using Soundplan software, and exposure to road traffic and railway noise was obtained from noise maps provided by the Hessian State Agency. Data was analyzed by means of Cox regression adjusted for relevant confounders. Recurrent event as non-fatal endpoint was defined as myocardial infarction, stroke, bypass surgery or percutaneous coronary intervention with stent implantation. In addition, all-cause mortality was evaluated. Follow-up data including socioeconomic and confounder information was obtained from 663 (90%) patients covering a mean follow-up period of 42 (range: 1-80) months. Mean Lden aircraft noise exposure was 48.1 dB. Adjusted hazard ratio (HR) for recurrence was 1.24 (95%-CI: 0.97-1.58) per 10 dB increase in Lden aircraft noise exposure. A combined analysis of recurrence and all-cause mortality yielded a HR of 1.31 (95%-CI: 1.03-1.66). Similar HRs were found for Lday and Lnight aircraft noise exposure. HRs for road traffic and railway noise were above unity but less pronounced and not significant. Observed exposure-response associations for aircraft noise were more pronounced than previously observed in population-based cohort studies suggesting that acute coronary heart disease patients are particularly vulnerable to effects from transportation noise. Measures to reduce environmental noise exposure may thus be helpful in improving clinical outcome of patients with coronary heart disease.
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- Swiss Tropical- and Public Health-Institute, Basel, Switzerland; University Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Biostatistics and Mathematical Modelling, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Asklepios Klinik Langen, Langen, Germany
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Wang W, Zhang W, Li L, Hu D, Liu S, Cui L, Liu J, Xu J, Guo X, Deng F. Obesity-related cardiometabolic indicators modify the associations of personal noise exposure with heart rate variability: A further investigation on the Study among Obese and Normal-weight Adults (SONA). ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2023; 336:122446. [PMID: 37625771 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2023] [Revised: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/22/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023]
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Elucidating the associations between environmental noise and heart rate variability (HRV) would be beneficial for the prevention and control of detrimental cardiovascular changes. Obese people have been found to manifest heightened susceptibility to the adverse effects of noise on HRV. However, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Based on 53 normal-weight and 44 obese young adults aged 18-26 years in Beijing, China, this study aimed to investigate the role of obesity-related cardiometabolic indicators for associations between short-term environmental noise exposure and HRV in the real-world context. The participants underwent personal noise exposure and ambulatory electrocardiogram monitoring using portable devices at 5-min intervals for 24 continuous hours. Obesity-related blood pressure, glucose and lipid metabolism, and inflammatory indicators were subsequently examined. Generalized mixed-effect models were used to estimate the associations between noise exposure and HRV parameters. The C-peptide, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), and leptin levels were higher in obese participants compared to normal-weight participants. We observed amplified associations between short-term noise exposure and decreases in HRV among participants with higher C-peptide, HOMA-IR, and leptin levels. For instance, a 1 dB(A) increment in 3 h-average noise exposure level preceding each measurement was associated with changes of -0.20% (95%CI: -0.45%, 0.04%) and -1.35% (95%CI: -1.85%, -0.86%) in standard deviation of all normal to normal intervals (SDNN) among participants with lower and higher C-peptide levels, respectively (P for interaction <0.05). Meanwhile, co-existing fine particulate matter (PM2.5) could amplify the associations between noise and HRV among obese participants and participants with higher C-peptide, HOMA-IR, and leptin levels. The more apparent associations of short-term exposure to environmental noise with HRV and the effect modification by PM2.5 may be partially explained by the higher C-peptide, HOMA-IR, and leptin levels of obese people.
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- Wanzhou Wang
- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China; Center for Environment and Health, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
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Mauz F, Wigger R, Griesbaum L, Wahl T, Kuffa M, Wegener K. Acoustic Roughness Measurement of Railway Tracks: Running Surface Detection and Compensation of Lateral Movements for Optical Measurements on a Train. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 23:5764. [PMID: 37420928 DOI: 10.3390/s23125764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Revised: 06/15/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/09/2023]
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Rolling noise is a significant contributor to railway noise. Wheel and rail roughness are decisive for the emitted noise level. An optical measurement method installed on a moving train is suitable for closer monitoring of the rail surface condition. A measurement setup based on the chord method requires the sensors to be positioned in a straight line along the direction of measurement and in a stable lateral position. Measurements should always be performed within the shiny and uncorroded running surface, even when there are lateral movements of the train. In this study, concepts for the detection of the running surface and the compensation of lateral movements are investigated in a laboratory setting. The setup consists of a vertical lathe with a ring-shaped workpiece that incorporates an implemented artificial running surface. The detection of the running surface based on laser triangulation sensors and a laser profilometer is investigated. It is shown that the running surface can be detected using a laser profilometer that measures the intensity of the reflected laser light. It is possible to detect the lateral position and the width of the running surface. A linear positioning system is proposed to adjust the lateral position of the sensors based on the running surface detection of the laser profilometer. When the lateral position of the measuring sensor is disturbed by a movement with a wavelength of 18.85 m, the linear positioning system can keep the laser triangulation sensor inside the running surface for 98.44% of the measured data points at a velocity of approximately 7.5 km h-1. The mean positioning error is 1.40 mm. By implementing the proposed system on the train, future studies can be conducted to examine the lateral position of the running surface as a function of the various operational parameters of the train.
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- Florian Mauz
- Institute for Machine Tools and Manufacturing, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Machine Tools and Manufacturing, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Machine Tools and Manufacturing, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Machine Tools and Manufacturing, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Machine Tools and Manufacturing, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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Roscoe C, T Grady S, Hart JE, Iyer HS, Manson JE, Rexrode KM, Rimm EB, Laden F, James P. Exposure to Noise and Cardiovascular Disease in a Nationwide US Prospective Cohort Study of Women. MEDRXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES 2023:2023.06.07.23291083. [PMID: 37398490 PMCID: PMC10312856 DOI: 10.1101/2023.06.07.23291083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/04/2023]
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Background: Long-term noise exposure is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD), including acute cardiovascular events such as myocardial infarction and stroke. However, longitudinal cohort studies of long-term noise and CVD are almost exclusively from Europe, and few modelled nighttime and daytime noise separately. We aimed to examine the prospective association of outdoor long-term nighttime and daytime noise from anthropogenic sources with incident CVD using a US-based, nationwide cohort of women. Methods: We linked L50 (median) nighttime and L50 daytime modelled anthropogenic noise estimates from a US National Park Service model to geocoded residential addresses of 114,116 participants in the Nurses' Health Study. We used time-varying Cox proportional hazards models to estimate risk of incident CVD, coronary heart disease (CHD), and stroke associated with long-term average noise exposure, adjusted for potential individual- and area-level confounders and CVD risk factors (1988-2018). We assessed effect modification by population density, region, air pollution, vegetation cover, and neighborhood socioeconomic status, and explored mediation by self-reported average nightly sleep duration. Results: Over 2,544,035 person-years, there were 10,331 incident CVD events. In fully-adjusted models, the hazard ratios for each interquartile range increase in L50 nighttime noise (3.67 dBA) and L50 daytime noise (4.35 dBA), respectively, were 1.04 (95% CI 1.02, 1.06) and 1.04 (95% CI 1.02, 1.07). Similar associations were observed for CHD and stroke. Stratified analyses suggested that associations of nighttime and daytime noise with CVD did not differ by prespecified effect modifiers. We found no evidence that inadequate sleep (< 5 hours per night) mediated associations of noise and CVD. Discussion: Outdoor median nighttime and daytime noise at the residential address was associated with a small increase in CVD risk in a cohort of adult female nurses.
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Aasvang GM, Stockfelt L, Sørensen M, Turunen AW, Roswall N, Yli-Tuomi T, Ögren M, Lanki T, Selander J, Vincens N, Pyko A, Pershagen G, Sulo G, Bølling AK. Burden of disease due to transportation noise in the Nordic countries. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 231:116077. [PMID: 37156356 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.116077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Revised: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 05/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Environmental noise is of increasing concern for public health. Quantification of associated health impacts is important for regulation and preventive strategies. AIM To estimate the burden of disease (BoD) due to road traffic and railway noise in four Nordic countries and their capitals, in terms of DALYs (Disability-Adjusted Life Years), using comparable input data across countries. METHOD Road traffic and railway noise exposure were obtained from the noise mapping conducted according to the Environmental Noise Directive (END) as well as nationwide noise exposure assessments for Denmark and Norway. Noise annoyance, sleep disturbance and ischaemic heart disease were included as the main health outcomes, using exposure-response functions from the WHO, 2018 systematic review. Additional analyses included stroke and type 2 diabetes. Country-specific DALY rates from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study were used as health input data. RESULTS Comparable exposure data were not available on a national level for the Nordic countries, only for capital cities. The DALY rates for the capitals ranged from 329 to 485 DALYs/100,000 for road traffic noise and 44 to 146 DALY/100,000 for railway noise. Moreover, the DALY estimates for road traffic noise increased with up to 17% upon inclusion of stroke and diabetes. DALY estimates based on nationwide noise data were 51 and 133% higher than the END-based estimates, for Norway and Denmark, respectively. CONCLUSION Further harmonization of noise exposure data is required for between-country comparisons. Moreover, nationwide noise models indicate that DALY estimates based on END considerably underestimate national BoD due to transportation noise. The health-related burden of traffic noise was comparable to that of air pollution, an established risk factor for disease in the GBD framework. Inclusion of environmental noise as a risk factor in the GBD is strongly encouraged.
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- Gunn Marit Aasvang
- Department of Air Quality and Noise, Norwegian Institute of Public Health Oslo, Norway; Centre for Disease Burden, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway.
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden; Occupational and Environmental Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Danish Cancer Society Research Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Natural Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Denmark
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- Department of Health Security, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Kuopio, Finland
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- Danish Cancer Society Research Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Health Security, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden; Occupational and Environmental Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Health Security, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Kuopio, Finland; School of Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Air Quality and Noise, Norwegian Institute of Public Health Oslo, Norway; Centre for Disease Burden, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway
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