ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2016
Prevalence of hypertension and noise-induced hearing loss in Chinese coal miners.
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- Investigating the effects of occupational and environmental noise on cardiovascular diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021Pooled it
- Occupational noise-induced hearing loss in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2020Pooled it
- Impact of Noise Exposure on Risk of Developing Stress-Related Metabolic Effects: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Noise & healthPooled it
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- The Effect of Noise Exposure on High-Frequency Hearing Loss among Chinese Workers: A Meta-Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- A simulation experiment study to examine the effects of noise on miners' safety behavior in underground coal mines.BMC public health · 2021Article
- The effects of exposure to different noise frequency patterns on blood pressure components and hypertension.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2020Article
- Relative Telomere Length in Peripheral Blood Cells and Hypertension Risk among Mine Workers: A Case-Control Study in Chinese Coal Miners.BioMed research international · 2020Article
- Noise Effect on Blood Pressure and Heart Rate - Regression Analysis in Service of Prediction.Acta informatica medica : AIM : journal of the Society for Medical Informatics of Bosnia & Herzegovina : casopis Drustva za medicinsku informatiku BiH · 2019Article
- Focusing on the premature death of redeployed miners in China: an analysis of cause-of-death information from non-communicable diseases.Globalization and health · 2019Article
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- Cardiovascular conditions, hearing difficulty, and occupational noise exposure within US industries and occupations.American journal of industrial medicine · 2018Article
- Spatial and temporal determinants of A-weighted and frequency specific sound levels-An elastic net approach.Environmental research · 2017Article
- Evaluation of high blood pressure and obesity among US coal miners participating in the Enhanced Coal Workers' Health Surveillance Program.Journal of the American Society of Hypertension : JASH · 2017Article
- Associations Between Tinnitus and Hearing Loss Among Noise-Exposed Workers in the United States From 1999 to 2020: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-facialeArticle
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Abstract
backgroundOwing to inconsistent epidemiologic evidence and the presence of confounding factors, the relation between occupational noise exposure and hypertension still remained unclear. We aimed to assess whether Chinese coal miners were at risk of developing hypertension and noise induced hearing loss (NIHL), and whether occupational noise exposure was a risk factor of hypertension.
methodsA questionnaire was designed to collect information from 738 study participants, all of whom were employees from the Datun Xuzhou Coal Company. The participants were divided into a noise-exposed group and a control group based on the noise level to which they were exposed in the workplace. The differences in the mean of systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) were compared between the noise-exposed and control groups. Also the prevalence and age-adjusted odds ratio (OR) [95% confidence intervals (CIs)] of audiometric deficit and hypertension was compared in the study. Binary logistic regression was used to assess the relation between occupational noise level and hypertension while controlling for potential confounding factors.
resultsHypertension was more prevalent in noise-exposed group than the control group, 29.2% vs. 21.2% (P=0.012). The noise-exposed group faced an increased risk of hypertension (age-adjusted OR =1.52, 95% CI =1.07-2.15) when the control group was used as reference. The mean values of SBP and DBP of the noise-exposed groups were significantly higher than the control group (P=0.006 and P=0.002 respectively). Hearing loss at low frequencies was significantly more prevalent in the noise-exposed group than the control group, 12.8% vs. 7.4% (P=0.015), while the noise-exposed group faced the increased risk of hearing loss at low frequencies (age-adjusted OR =1.81, 95% CI =1.10-2.96). LEX, 8h (OR =1.036, 95% CI =1.012-1.060) was an independent risk of hypertension when controlling for potential confounding factors.
conclusionsWe found that the occupational noise had an effect on the hypertension and hearing loss of Chinese coal miners. And the occupational noise was an independent risk factor for hypertension and could increase the values of SBP and DBP.
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