Residential exposure to transportation noise in Denmark and incidence of dementia: national cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the association between long term residential exposure to road traffic and railway noise and risk of incident dementia.

Design

Nationwide prospective register based cohort study.

Setting

Denmark.

Participants

1 938 994 adults aged ≥60 years living in Denmark between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2017.

Main outcome measures

Incident cases of all cause dementia and dementia subtypes (Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, and Parkinson's disease related dementia), identified from national hospital and prescription registries.

Results

The study population included 103 500 participants with incident dementia, and of those, 31 219 received a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, 8664 of vascular dementia, and 2192 of Parkinson's

SUBMITTER: Cantuaria ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8424489 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature