Residential proximity to major roadways and incident hypertension in post-menopausal women.

ABSTRACT: Living near major roadways has been associated with increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, presumably from exposure to elevated levels of traffic-related air and/or noise pollution. This association may potentially be mediated through increased risk of incident hypertension, but results from prior studies are equivocal. Using Cox proportional hazards models we examined residential proximity to major roadways and incident hypertension among 38,360 participants of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Clinical Trial cohorts free of hypertension at enrollment and followed for a median of 7.9 years. Adjusting for participant demographics and lifestyle, trial participation, and markers of individual and neighborhood socioeconomic status, the hazard ratios for incident hypertens

SUBMITTER: Kingsley SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4609282 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature