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[Epidemiological study on the occupational noise exposure and hypertension in mechanic factory workers]
Li-zhang Chen1, Li-juan Pang, Ben-yan Fu
1School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha 410078, China.
Objective:
To study the relations of noise expose and hypertension in mechanic factory workers.
Methods:
A cross-sectional study on 1205 workers (exposed to different noise levels) in Hunan was carried out, using questionnaire, blood pressure of the workers and the exposure level to noise at workplace.
Results:
The prevalence of hypertension was 12.1% in mechanic factory workers. There was an increasing tendency of hypertension rate along with the increase of accumulative noise doses (tendency chi-squared = 29.932, P < 0.01). Result by logistic regression analysis after adjusting age, history of hypertension in parents and body weight index showed that the risk of hypertension increased about 5% by 1 dB(A) of more noise exposure (OR = 1.047).
Conclusion:
Noise exposure might serve as a risk factor of hypertension. Reducing the sound pressure level in workshops could work as an effective measure to control the incidence rate of hypertension in mechanic factory workers.
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