Polcrova, Anna Bartoskova;
Dalecka, Andrea;
Kordas, Katarzyna;
Szabo, Daniel;
Gonzalez Rivas, Juan Pablo;
Bobak, Martin;
Pikhart, Hynek;
(2025)
Depressive symptoms modify the association between noise and adiposity biomarkers: Evidence from a population study of Czech adults.
International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health
, 263
, Article 114481. 10.1016/j.ijheh.2024.114481.
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Abstract
Objective: Environmental noise exposure is associated with adiposity. However, less is known about the individual vulnerability to environmental noise in abnormal adiposity development, particularly in relation to mental health. This study investigated the association between environmental noise exposure and four adiposity biomarkers and tested the moderation effect of depressive symptoms. / Methods: A cross-sectional population-based sample of 2031 participants aged 25–64 years (54.70% women) was drawn from the Kardiovize study in 2013. Global combined (road, railway, and airport) Lden (day-evening-night) noise exposures were obtained from the geographical prediction modelling for the 2nd report of Strategic noise mapping in the Czech Republic (2012). Four adiposity biomarkers (BMI, body fat percentage, waist circumference, and visceral fat area) were assessed. Depressive symptoms were measured by PHQ-9. Linear regression was used to estimate the separate effects of quartiles of noise exposure and depressive symptoms on adiposity biomarkers and to examine the interaction between noise exposure and depressive symptoms. / Results: The average noise exposure was 53.79 dB, ranging from 42.50 dB to 66.97 dB. All biomarkers were significantly elevated in the highest noise exposure quartile (>56 dB), compared to the lowest quartile (<51 dB) (p < 0.05). The association between noise and adiposity biomarkers was modified by presence of depressive symptoms; the increase in all adiposity biomarkers in the highest quartile of noise was significantly larger among subjects with moderate to severe depressive symptoms (p < 0.005). / Conclusion: The study confirmed the association between environmental noise exposure and several adiposity measures. The association was stronger in the presence of depressive symptoms.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Depressive symptoms modify the association between noise and adiposity biomarkers: Evidence from a population study of Czech adults |
| Location: | Germany |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijheh.2024.114481 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2024.114481 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier GmbH. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Noise, Adiposity, Depression |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Epidemiology and Public Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10205251 |
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