Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan 44033, Korea.
Department of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan 44033, Korea.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Feb 15;19(4):2209. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19042209.
Metabolic syndrome is one of the common causes of cardiovascular diseases and cancers. Although noise is an environmental factor to which people can be commonly exposed at work and in daily life, there are currently insufficient studies on the relationship between noise and metabolic syndrome. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between noise and metabolic syndrome. Using a multivariate time-dependent Cox proportional hazard model, the impacts of occupational noise exposure on metabolic syndrome and its components were analyzed in a retrospective cohort of 60,727 participants from 2014 to 2017. The noise exposure group showed a significantly higher incidence of metabolic syndrome and was associated with elevated triglycerides, blood sugar, and blood pressure, but decreased high-density lipoprotein, among subgroups. There was no statistically significant association with abdominal obesity. Occupational noise exposure significantly contributed to the incidence of metabolic syndrome and changes in its components. This study could be a basis for establishing policies and guidelines to reduce noise exposure that might improve workers' health.
代谢综合征是心血管疾病和癌症的常见病因之一。尽管噪声是人们在工作和日常生活中可能经常接触到的环境因素，但目前关于噪声与代谢综合征之间关系的研究还不够充分。因此，本研究旨在探讨噪声与代谢综合征之间的关系。本研究使用多变量时依 Cox 比例风险模型，对 2014 年至 2017 年间的 60727 名参与者进行回顾性队列研究，分析职业噪声暴露对代谢综合征及其各组分的影响。结果显示，噪声暴露组的代谢综合征发病率显著升高，与甘油三酯、血糖和血压升高有关，而与亚组高密度脂蛋白降低有关，与腹型肥胖无关。职业噪声暴露显著增加了代谢综合征的发病风险及其各组分的变化。本研究可为制定减少噪声暴露的政策和指南提供依据，从而改善工人的健康状况。
