title: Can noise cause high blood pressure? Occupational risk in paper industry.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The authors hypothesize cardiovascular effects in paper industry workers exposed to noise.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included 72 paper industry workers exposed to noise and two control groups not exposed to noise. The workers completed a questionnaire and underwent a medical examination, measurement of blood pressure, electrocardiogram, blood tests, audiometry and measurement of noise exposure.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The workers exposed to noise, all hearing impaired, were compared with not exposed and showed: significant increase of mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure values (p<0.001), higher frequency of hypertension, systolic and diastolic blood pressure (p<0.01 and p<0.001) and electrocardiografic abnormalities (p<0.05), significant reduction of blood pressure response in orthostatism (p<0.005).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results suggest that for the workers of the paper industry the noise is an occupational risk factor for cardiovascular effects.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Anatomy, Histology, Medical-Legal and the Orthopedics, Unit of Occupational Medicine. "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sancini
authors.affiliation: Departments of Anatomy, Histology, Medical-Legal and the Orthopedics, Unit of Occupational Medicine. "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Caciari
authors.affiliation: Departments of Anatomy, Histology, Medical-Legal and the Orthopedics, Unit of Occupational Medicine. "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Rosati
authors.affiliation: Departments of Anatomy, Histology, Medical-Legal and the Orthopedics, Unit of Occupational Medicine. "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Samperi
authors.affiliation: Departments of Anatomy, Histology, Medical-Legal and the Orthopedics, Unit of Occupational Medicine. "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Iannattone
authors.affiliation: Departments of Anatomy, Histology, Medical-Legal and the Orthopedics, Unit of Occupational Medicine. "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Massimi
authors.affiliation: Departments of Anatomy, Histology, Medical-Legal and the Orthopedics, Unit of Occupational Medicine. "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Loreti
authors.affiliation: Departments of Anatomy, Histology, Medical-Legal and the Orthopedics, Unit of Occupational Medicine. "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Scala
authors.affiliation: Departments of Anatomy, Histology, Medical-Legal and the Orthopedics, Unit of Occupational Medicine. "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sacco
authors.affiliation: Departments of Anatomy, Histology, Medical-Legal and the Orthopedics, Unit of Occupational Medicine. "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tomei
authors.affiliation: Departments of Psychiatric and Psychological Science, "Sapienza", University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tomei
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015984:Causality; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D000072499:Manufacturing and Industrial Facilities; D009623:Noise, Occupational / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: coronary artery disease; hypertension; noise; workers