TY - JOUR
T1 - Long-term exposure to transportation noise and obesity
T2 - A pooled analysis of eleven Nordic cohorts
AU - Persson, Åsa
AU - Pyko, Andrei
AU - Stucki, Lara
AU - Ögren, Mikael
AU - Åkesson, Agneta
AU - Oudin, Anna
AU - Tjønneland, Anne
AU - Rosengren, Annika
AU - Segersson, David
AU - Rizzuto, Debora
AU - Helte, Emilie
AU - Andersson, Eva M
AU - Aasvang, Gunn Marit
AU - Gudjonsdottir, Hrafnhildur
AU - Selander, Jenny
AU - Christensen, Jesper H
AU - Leander, Karin
AU - Mattisson, Kristoffer
AU - Eneroth, Kristina
AU - Barregard, Lars
AU - Stockfelt, Leo
AU - Albin, Maria
AU - Simonsen, Mette K
AU - Spanne, Mårten
AU - Roswall, Nina
AU - Tiittanen, Pekka
AU - Molnár, Peter
AU - Ljungman, Petter L S
AU - Männistö, Satu
AU - Yli-Tuomi, Tarja
AU - Cole-Hunter, Thomas
AU - Lanki, Timo
AU - Lim, Youn-Hee
AU - Andersen, Zorana J
AU - Sørensen, Mette
AU - Pershagen, Göran
AU - Eriksson, Charlotta
N1 - Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The Environmental Epidemiology. All rights reserved.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - BACKGROUND: Available evidence suggests a link between exposure to transportation noise and an increased risk of obesity. We aimed to assess exposure-response functions for long-term residential exposure to road traffic, railway and aircraft noise, and markers of obesity.METHODS: Our cross-sectional study is based on pooled data from 11 Nordic cohorts, including up to 162,639 individuals with either measured (69.2%) or self-reported obesity data. Residential exposure to transportation noise was estimated as a time-weighted average L
den 5 years before recruitment. Adjusted linear and logistic regression models were fitted to assess beta coefficients and odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) for body mass index, overweight, and obesity, as well as for waist circumference and central obesity. Furthermore, natural splines were fitted to assess the shape of the exposure-response functions.
RESULTS: For road traffic noise, the OR for obesity was 1.06 (95% CI = 1.03, 1.08) and for central obesity 1.03 (95% CI = 1.01, 1.05) per 10 dB L
den. Thresholds were observed at around 50-55 and 55-60 dB L
den, respectively, above which there was an approximate 10% risk increase per 10 dB L
den increment for both outcomes. However, linear associations only occurred in participants with measured obesity markers and were strongly influenced by the largest cohort. Similar risk estimates as for road traffic noise were found for railway noise, with no clear thresholds. For aircraft noise, results were uncertain due to the low number of exposed participants.
CONCLUSION: Our results support an association between road traffic and railway noise and obesity.
AB - BACKGROUND: Available evidence suggests a link between exposure to transportation noise and an increased risk of obesity. We aimed to assess exposure-response functions for long-term residential exposure to road traffic, railway and aircraft noise, and markers of obesity.METHODS: Our cross-sectional study is based on pooled data from 11 Nordic cohorts, including up to 162,639 individuals with either measured (69.2%) or self-reported obesity data. Residential exposure to transportation noise was estimated as a time-weighted average L
den 5 years before recruitment. Adjusted linear and logistic regression models were fitted to assess beta coefficients and odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) for body mass index, overweight, and obesity, as well as for waist circumference and central obesity. Furthermore, natural splines were fitted to assess the shape of the exposure-response functions.
RESULTS: For road traffic noise, the OR for obesity was 1.06 (95% CI = 1.03, 1.08) and for central obesity 1.03 (95% CI = 1.01, 1.05) per 10 dB L
den. Thresholds were observed at around 50-55 and 55-60 dB L
den, respectively, above which there was an approximate 10% risk increase per 10 dB L
den increment for both outcomes. However, linear associations only occurred in participants with measured obesity markers and were strongly influenced by the largest cohort. Similar risk estimates as for road traffic noise were found for railway noise, with no clear thresholds. For aircraft noise, results were uncertain due to the low number of exposed participants.
CONCLUSION: Our results support an association between road traffic and railway noise and obesity.
U2 - 10.1097/EE9.0000000000000319
DO - 10.1097/EE9.0000000000000319
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 38983882
VL - 8
JO - Environmental Epidemiology
JF - Environmental Epidemiology
SN - 2474-7882
IS - 4
M1 - e319
ER -