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@article{Itzkowitz:2023:10.1016/j.envint.2023.108016,
author = {Itzkowitz, N and Gong, X and Atilola, G and Konstantinoudis, G and Adams, K and Jephcote, C and Gulliver, J and Hansell, A and Blangiardo, M},
doi = {10.1016/j.envint.2023.108016},
journal = {Environment International},
pages = {1--9},
title = {Aircraft noise and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality near Heathrow Airport: a case-crossover study},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2023.108016},
volume = {177},
year = {2023}
}

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TY  - JOUR
AB - Aircraft noise causes annoyance and sleep disturbance and there is some evidence of associations between long-term exposures and cardiovascular disease (CVD). We investigated short-term associations between previous day aircraft noise and cardiovascular events in a population of 6.3 million residing near Heathrow Airport using a case-crossover design and exposure data for different times of day and night. We included all recorded hospitalisations (n=442,442) and deaths (n=49,443) in 2014-2018 due to CVD. Conditional logistic regression was used to estimate the ORs and adjusted for NO2 concentration, temperature, and holidays. We estimated an increase in risk for 10dB increment in noise during the previous evening (Leve OR = 1.007, 95% CI 0.999-1.015), particularly from 22:00-23:00h (OR= 1.007, 95% CI 1.000-1.013), and the early morning hours 04:30-06:00h (OR= 1.012, 95% CI 1.002-1.021) for all CVD admissions, but no significant associations with day-time noise. There was effect modification by age-sex, ethnicity, deprivation, and season, and some suggestion that high noise variability at night was associated with higher risks. Our findings are consistent with proposed mechanisms for short-term impacts of aircraft noise at night on CVD from experimental studies, including sleep disturbance, increases in blood pressure and stress hormone levels and impaired endothelial function.
AU - Itzkowitz,N
AU - Gong,X
AU - Atilola,G
AU - Konstantinoudis,G
AU - Adams,K
AU - Jephcote,C
AU - Gulliver,J
AU - Hansell,A
AU - Blangiardo,M
DO - 10.1016/j.envint.2023.108016
EP - 9
PY - 2023///
SN - 0160-4120
SP - 1
TI - Aircraft noise and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality near Heathrow Airport: a case-crossover study
T2 - Environment International
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2023.108016
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412023002891
VL - 177
ER -

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