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| Year : 2018 | Volume
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| Issue : 95 | Page : 152--161 |
The effect of aircraft, road, and railway traffic noise on stroke − results of a case–control study based on secondary data
Anna Lene Seidler1, Janice Hegewald2, Melanie Schubert2, Verena Maria Weihofen2, Mandy Wagner2, Patrik Dröge2, Enno Swart3, Hajo Zeeb4, Andreas Seidler2
1 Institute and Policlinic of Occupational and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden; NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, The University of Sydney, Germany
2 Institute and Policlinic of Occupational and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
3 Institute of Social Medicine and Health Economics, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Germany
4 Department of Prevention and Evaluation, Leibniz-Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology − BIPS, Bremen; Health Sciences Bremen, University of Bremen, Germany
Correspondence Address:
Anna Lene Seidler
NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, The University of Sydney, Medical Foundation Building Level 6, 92–94 Parramatta Road, Camperdown, NSW 2050
Germany
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/nah.NAH_7_18
Aim: To examine the stroke risks associated with aircraft, road traffic, and railway noise exposure in a large case–control study. Materials and Methods: All people aged ≥40 years living around the Frankfurt airport that were insured by one of three large statutory health insurance funds between 2005 and 2010 were included in the study (n = 1,026,670). Address-specific exposure to aircraft, road, and railway traffic noise was estimated for 2005. We used insurance claim data to identify 25,495 newly diagnosed cases of stroke between 2006 and 2010 and compared them with 827,601 control participants. Logistic regression analysis was used to calculate the odds ratios adjusted for age, sex, local proportion of people receiving unemployment benefits, and if available individual indicators of socioeconomic status (education, occupation). Results: For 24-h continuous aircraft noise exposure, neither increased risk estimates nor a positive linear exposure–risk relation was found. However, stroke risk was statistically significantly increased by 7% [95% confidence intervals (95%CI): 2–13%] for people who were exposed to <40 dB of 24-h continuous aircraft noise, but ≥6 events of maximum nightly sound pressure levels ≥50 dB. For road and railway traffic noise, there was a positive linear exposure–risk relation: Per 10 dB the stroke risk increased by 1.7% (95%CI: 0.3–3.2%) for road traffic noise and by 1.8% (95%CI: 0.1–3.3%) for railway traffic noise. The maximum risk increase of 7% (95%CI: 0–14%) for road traffic noise and 18% (95%CI: 2–38%) for railway traffic noise was found in the exposure category ≥65 to <70 dB. Conclusion: This large case–control study indicates that traffic noise exposure may lead to an increase in stroke risk. It furthermore suggests that maximum aircraft noise levels at night increase the stroke risk even when continuous noise exposure is low, and thus highlights the relevance of maximum noise levels for research and policies on noise protection.
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