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Relationship between occupational noise exposure and the risk factors of cardiovascular disease in China: A meta-analysis.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 81 citations in OpenAlex.
- The relationship between noise pollution and cardiovascular diseases: an umbrella review on meta-analyses.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2025Pooled it
- 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
- The effect of occupational exposure to noise on ischaemic heart disease, stroke and hypertension: A systematic review and meta-analysis from the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-Related Burden of Disease and Injury.Environment international · 2021Pooled it
- Occupational Noise and Hypertension Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Occupational Noise Exposure and Cardiovascular Function and Lipid Profile in the Garment Industry in Egypt: A Comparative Cross-sectional Study.Journal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi · 2026Article
- Occupational noise exposure and cardiovascular disease risk factors in China: mediating role of hearing loss.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Maternal environmental noise exposure during the periconceptional period and risk of congenital heart disease in offspring: a case-control study in Northwest China.Frontiers in public health · 2026Observational
- Cardiovascular composite events and the healthy worker effect among noise-exposed workers: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Trends and projections of ischemic heart disease burden in the Belt and Road countries and China from 1990 to 2021: a study based on the 2021 global burden of disease.Annals of medicine · 2025Article
- Effect of green space in the workplace on hearing thresholds in noise exposed population.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Geo-demographic and socioeconomic determinants of diagnosed hypertension among urban dwellers in Ibadan, Nigeria: a community-based study.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Impacts of hazardous noise levels on hearing loss and tinnitus in dental professionals.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2025Article
- Epidemiological patterns and occupational predictors of electrocardiographic abnormalities in seafarers: a multicenter health screening analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Trends and predictive research on the global burden of ischemic heart disease from 1990 to 2021: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease study 2021.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Surveillance of noise exposure levels in workplaces in Beijing.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Occupational noise and hypertension in Southern Chinese workers: a large occupational population-based study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Is occupational noise associated with arthritis? Cross-sectional evidence from US population.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Cross-sectional study on the health of workers exposed to occupational noise in China.PloS one · 2024Article
- Geo-Demographic and Socioeconomic Determinants of Diagnosed Hypertension among Urban Dwellers in Ibadan, Nigeria: A Community-based Study.Research square · 2023Article
- Association of occupational noise exposure with hypertension: A cross-sectional study.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundAt present, occupational noise exposure has become one of the risk factors of occupational workers and attracted serious concerned of most of occupational disease researchers. To assess associations of occupational noise exposure and cardiovascular disease by meta-analysis. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: Results from primary studies about occupational noise and cardiovascular disease (2000-2017) were retrieved from literatures, which were conducted in China only. Both random and fixed effect model were used to calculate pooled odds ratio (OR) and their corresponding 95% confidence interval (CI). Review Manager and Stata software were used to perform data analysis. This study followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis statements.
resultsAfter applying stringent inclusion and exclusion criteria, 4771 exposures and 3068 controls from 11 primary studies were used to analyze the relationship between occupational noise exposure and cardiovascular disease. The risk of developing high blood pressure for workers exposed to noise is 2.55 times higher than the controls (I = 52%, 95% CI: 1.94-3.36), and electrocardiograph (ECG) abnormality is 2.27 times higher than the control groups (I = 22%, 95% CI: 1.96-2.62). The bias analysis suggested that there is publication bias, but it didn't affect the conclusions from trim test.
conclusionThe impact of high-intensity noise exposure on the worker's cardiovascular system is much greater than that of the unexposed control group, and the effect on hypertension of the exposed group is greater than that of the ECG.
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