Table 3.
Associations between mean 1- and 5-y exposure to residential indoor low-frequency wind turbine noise and redemption of prescriptions for sleep medication and antidepressants.
| Indoor low-frequency wind turbine noise | Sleep medication | Antidepressants | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases (n) | Crude HR (95% CI)a | Adjusted HR (95% CI)b | Cases (n) | Crude HR (95% CI)a | Adjusted HR (95% CI)b | |
| 1-year mean exposure (dB) | ||||||
| 64,617 | 1 (Ref) | 1 (Ref) | 77,360 | 1 (Ref) | 1 (Ref) | |
| 3,299 | 0.94 (0.91, 0.98) | 1.03 (0.99, 1.06) | 4,073 | 0.93 (0.91, 0.96) | 1.01 (0.98, 1.04) | |
| 726 | 0.96 (0.89, 1.03) | 1.08 (1.00, 1.16) | 882 | 0.92 (0.86, 0.98) | 1.03 (0.97, 1.10) | |
| 54 | 0.93 (0.71, 1.22) | 1.05 (0.81, 1.38) | 58 | 0.82 (0.63, 1.06) | 0.96 (0.74, 1.24) | |
| 5-y mean exposure (dB) | ||||||
| 65,202 | 1 (Ref) | 1 (Ref) | 77,995 | 1 (Ref) | 1 (Ref) | |
| 2,911 | 0.97 (0.93, 1.01) | 1.05 (1.01, 1.09) | 3,663 | 0.96 (0.93, 1.00) | 1.04 (1.00, 1.07) | |
| 542 | 0.93 (0.86, 1.02) | 1.04 (0.96, 1.14) | 672 | 0.90 (0.84, 0.97) | 1.01 (0.94, 1.10) | |
| 41 | 0.92 (0.68, 1.25) | 1.03 (0.76, 1.40) | 43 | 0.80 (0.59, 1.07) | 0.94 (0.70, 1.27) | |
Note: CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; Ref, reference.
Adjusted for age, sex, and calendar-year.
Adjusted for age, sex, calendar-year, personal income, education, marital status, work-market affiliation, area-level socioeconomic status, type of dwelling, traffic load in a radius, and distance to nearest major road.