Road Traffic Noise Exposure and Filled Prescriptions for Antihypertensive Medication: A Danish Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Epidemiological research on effects of transportation noise on incident hypertension is inconsistent.

Objectives

We aimed to investigate whether residential road traffic noise increases the risk for hypertension.

Methods

In a population-based cohort of 57,053 individuals 50-64 years of age at enrollment, we identified 21,241 individuals who fulfilled our case definition of filling ≥2 prescriptions and ≥180 defined daily doses of antihypertensive drugs (AHTs) within a year, during a mean follow-up time of 14.0 y. Residential addresses from 1987 to 2016 were obtained from national registers, and road traffic noise at the most exposed façade as well as the least exposed façade was modeled for all addresses. Analyses were conducted using Cox proportional hazard

SUBMITTER: Thacher JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7263450 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature