OCCUPATIONAL NOISE EXPOSURE, NOISE-INDUCED HEARING LOSS, AND THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
- 1 April 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Epidemiology
- Vol. 121 (4) , 501-514
- https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114028
Abstract
The role of noise exposure in the etiology of high blood pressure is unclear. A cross-sectional study of occupational noise exposure and high blood pressure was conducted in March 1981–August 1982 in a group of blue-collar workers from a noisy (≥89 dBA) and a less noisy plant (p < 0.02). Multiple regression analysis revealed that in the noisier plant, body mass index, severe noise-induced hearing loss, and noisy hobbies explained a significant amount of the variation in diastolic pressure (p R2 = 0.19. This suggests that there may be a population at increased risk for hearing loss and high blood pressure.Keywords
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