Roadway proximity and risk of sudden cardiac death in women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a major source of mortality and is the first manifestation of heart disease for the majority of cases. Thus, there is a definite need to identify risk factors for SCD that can be modified at the population level. Exposure to traffic, measured by residential roadway proximity, has been shown to be associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Our objective was to determine whether roadway proximity was associated with an increased risk of SCD and to compare that risk with the risk of other coronary heart disease outcomes.

Methods and results

A total of 523 cases of SCD were identified over 26 years of follow-up among 107 130 members of the prospective Nurses' Health Study. We calculated residential distance to roadways a

SUBMITTER: Hart JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4382912 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature