The risk of high blood pressure increases for people who live near noisy roads, according to a study which followed 41,000 people from Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Spain and Norway over a period of up to nine years. People living by streets with an average night-time noise level of 50 decibels had a 6% increased risk of hypertension. Long-term exposure to air pollution also means that an additional one in every 100 adults will develop the condition.
The risk of high blood pressure increases for people who live near noisy roads, according to a study which followed 41,000 people from Denmark, Germany, Norway, Spain and Sweden over a period of up to nine years. People living by streets with an average night-time noise level of 50 decibels had a 6% increased risk of hypertension. Long-term exposure to air pollution also means that an additional one in every 100 adults will develop the condition.