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. 2019 Mar 13;127(3):037005. doi: 10.1289/EHP3909

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)
<5 64,617 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref) 77,360 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref)
510 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)
1015 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)
15 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)
<5 65,202 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref) 77,995 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref)
510 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)
1015 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)
15 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.

a

Adjusted for age, sex, and calendar-year.

b

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 500-m radius, and distance to nearest major road.