Are You more at risk of developing Heart Failure if You are exposed to Road Traffic Noise?
Are You more at risk of developing Heart Failure if You are exposed to Road Traffic 🚕🚗🚌 Noise🔊?
The answer is YES, according to a study, published in JACC Heart Failure in August 2023.
In addition to this, the strongest association was found in individuals exposed to both road traffic noise and air pollution.
It was a large, prospective study, which included 424,767 participants, with no Heart Failure diagnosis, from UK Biobank.
The follow up lasted a median of 12.5 years and 12,817 individuals were diagnosed with Heart Failure.
The authors concluded: 'More attention should be paid and preventive strategy should be considered to alleviate the disease burden of HF related to road traffic noise exposure, especially in participants who survived AMI and developed HF within 2 years'.
Link to the article ⬇️:
https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jchf.2023.04.003
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