Titre :
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Occupational Noise Exposure and Incident Hypertension in Men : A Prospective Cohort Study (2013)
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Auteurs :
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Ta-Yuan CHANG ;
Department of Occupational Safety and Health, China Medical University (Taichung, Taïwan, Province de Chine) ;
Bing-Fang HWANG ;
Chiu-Shong LIU ;
Ren-Yin CHEN ;
Ven-Shing WANG ;
Bo-Ying BAO ;
Jim-Shoung LAI
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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American journal of epidemiology (vol. 177, n° 8, Avril 2013)
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Pagination :
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818-825
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Hypertension artérielle
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Exposition professionnelle
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Incidence
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Homme
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Etude prospective
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Pression artérielle
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Epidémiologie
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS 8CR0x8Ek. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. The associations between occupational noise exposure and hypertension remain controversial because of the differences in study designs, exposure assessments, and confounding controls. This prospective study investigated the relationship between noise exposure and the 10-year risk of hypertension. A cohort of 578 male workers in Taiwan was followed from 1998 to 2008. All subjects were divided into high-intermediate-and low-exposure groups on the basis of noise exposure assessment. Cox regression models were used to estimate the relative risks of hypertension after adjustment for potential confounders. During the 7,805 person-years of follow-up, 141 hypertension cases were identified. Significant increases of 3.2 (95% confidence interval (CI) : 0.2,6.2) mm Hg in systolic blood pressure and 2.5 (95% CI : 0.1,4.8) mm Hg in diastolic blood pressure between the baseline and follow-up measurements were observed in the high-exposure group. Participants exposed to>=85 A-weighted decibels (dBA) had a 1.93-fold (95% CI : 1.15,3.22) risk of hypertension compared with those exposed to=85 dBA may increase males'systolic and diastolic blood pressure levels. This association may translate into a higher incidence of hypertension.
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