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Table 1 HYDE study population characteristics stratified by aircraft noise categories by sex sub-groups (Lden)

From: Saliva cortisol in relation to aircraft noise exposure: pooled-analysis results from seven European countries

 

MALE

FEMALE

Lden

Lden

< 50 dB(A)

50–54 dB(A)

55–59 dB(A)

≥60 dB(A)

N total

p(χ2) or p > F

< 50 dB(A)

50–54 dB(A)

55–59 dB(A)

≥60 dB(A)

N total

p(χ2) or p > F

Age (mean ± SD)

54.9 (13.0)

54.1 (14.4)

53.8 (14.6)

55.9 (12.3)

555

0.606

50.8 (13.7)

52.7 (14.6)

52.5 (15.7)

54.6 (14.5)

745

0.083

BMI (mean ± SD)

26.8 (4.0)

26.7 (5.1)

27.5 (5.0)

27.4 (4.4)

555

0.369

25.7 (5.2)

25.6 (5.4)

26.2 (5.8)

27.0 (5.6)

745

0.066

Alcohol (units/week)1

 

0.006

 

0.370

 teetotaller

5.4

2.5

5.2

7.0

112

 

8.1

7.4

9.1

9.9

257

 

 1–7

15.0

14.2

9.4

14.6

295

13.6

9.1

11.0

13.8

354

 8–14

6.5

4.0

2.3

2.9

87

4.2

4.0

3.0

3.8

111

  > 14

2.5

2.2

2.3

4.0

61

1.1

0.3

1.1

0.7

23

Smoker habits (units/day)1

 

0.650

 

0.417

 non-smoker

11.5

11.2

7.9

12.8

241

 

13.3

12.0

14.0

16.5

415

 

 exsmoker

13.0

7.8

7.4

10.6

215

8.1

3.9

4.8

6.4

173

 0–10

2.9

1.4

1.8

1.8

44

3.1

3.0

3.1

2.8

89

 11–20

1.3

1.1

1.3

1.4

28

1.9

1.2

1.3

1.9

47

  > 20

0.7

1.4

0.9

1.8

27

0.5

0.8

0.9

0.5

21

Education1

 

0.515

 

0.098

 1st qrt

10.8

7.8

6.9

11.4

204

 

6.7

7.4

8.3

9.8

240

 

 2nd qrt

5.2

3.2

3.8

4.3

92

5.9

3.6

4.0

7.1

154

 3rd qrt

4.5

4.5

2.7

6.3

100

4.8

4.0

3.9

4.6

129

 4rd qrt

8.8

7.4

6.0

6.5

159

9.4

5.8

7.9

6.7

222

Physical activity1

 

0.596

 

0.003

 No or little

14.4

11.5

9.9

16.0

288

 

12.6

10.2

14.0

17.9

407

 

 Regular

15.0

11.4

9.4

12.4

267

14.2

10.6

10.2

10.3

338

Total

163

127

107

158

555

200

155

180

210

745

  1. 1 Percentage of participants
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