Occupational Noise Exposure and Incidence of High Fasting Blood Glucose: A 3-Year, Multicenter, Retrospective Study

Seunghan Kim, Byungyoon Yun, Seunghyun Lee, Changyoung Kim, Juho Sim, Ara Cho, Yeonsuh Oh, Jiho Lee and Jinha Yoon
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Seunghan Kim: Department of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Korea
Byungyoon Yun: Department of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Korea
Seunghyun Lee: Office of Research Affairs, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea
Changyoung Kim: BigData Center, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan 44033, Korea
Juho Sim: Department of Public Health, Graduate School, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea
Ara Cho: Department of Occupational Health, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea
Yeonsuh Oh: Environmental Health Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan 44033, Korea
Jiho Lee: Department of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan 44033, Korea
Jinha Yoon: Department of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Korea

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 17, 1-12

Abstract: The role of hazardous occupational noise exposure on the development of prediabetes is not well researched. We aimed to elucidate exposure to hazardous occupational noise as an independent risk factor for high fasting blood glucose (FBG). Participants exposed/non-exposed to occupational noise were recruited from the Common Data Model cohorts of 2013/2014 from two centers and were followed-up for 3 years. Multivariate time-dependent Cox proportional hazard models were used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) and were adjusted for various covariates. Pooled HRs were calculated. Among the 43,858 participants of this retrospective cohort study, 37.64% developed high FBG. The mean (standard deviation) age in the cohort was 40.91 (9.71) years. In the fully adjusted models, the HRs of high FBG in the two centers were 1.35 (95% CI: 1.24–1.48) and 1.22 (95% CI: 1.17–1.28), and the pooled HR was 1.28 (95% CI: 1.16–1.41). A Kaplan–Meier plot of high FBG incidence by occupational noise exposure showed significant results ( p < 0.001). We found that occupational noise exposure is significantly associated with high FBG. Preventing exposure to hazardous noise in the work environment may help reduce the risk for prediabetes among workers.

Keywords: occupational noise; fasting blood glucose; Common Data Model; workers’ health examination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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