| Aircraft noise levels in dB(A) (Lnight) | Aircraft noise annoyance | Noise sensitivity | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | < 40 | 40–44 | 45–49 | ≥50 | p | Not highly annoyed | Highly annoyed | p | Low sensitivity | Medium sensitivity | High sensitivity | p |
Antihypertensive medication |  |  |  |  | 0.39 |  |  | < 0.01 |  |  |  | < 0.01 |
No | 1926 (43.9) | 672 (15.3) | 795 (18.1) | 995 (22.7) | Â | 3578 (81.5) | 810 (18.5) | Â | 1563 (35.7) | 1428 (32.6) | 1384 (31.6) | Â |
Yes | 633 (42.8) | 214 (14.5) | 265 (17.9) | 367 (24.8) | Â | 1122 (76.0) | 355 (24.0) | Â | 512 (34.8) | 432 (29.3) | 529 (35.9) | Â |
Antacids | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.01 | Â | Â | 0.12 | Â | Â | Â | 0.17 |
No | 2395 (43.8) | 834 (15.2) | 1000 (18.3) | 1245 (22.7) | Â | 4397 (80.4) | 1075 (19.6) | Â | 1948 (35.7) | 1742 (31.9) | 1769 (32.4) | Â |
Yes | 164 (41.7) | 52 (13.2) | 60 (15.3) | 117 (29.8) | Â | 303 (77.1) | 90 (22.9) | Â | 127 (32.6) | 118 (30.3) | 144 (37.0) | Â |
Anxiolytics |  |  |  |  | 0.12 |  |  | < 0.01 |  |  |  | < 0.01 |
No | 2476 (43.8) | 842 (14.9) | 1017 (18.0) | 1312 (23.2) | Â | 4542 (80.5) | 1103 (19.5) | Â | 2031 (36.1) | 1785 (31.7) | 1813 (32.2) | Â |
Yes | 83 (37.7) | 44 (20.0) | 43 (19.5) | 50 (22.7) | Â | 158 (71.8) | 62 (28.2) | Â | 44 (20.1) | 75 (34.2) | 100 (45.7) | Â |
Hypnotics |  |  |  |  | 0.21 |  |  | 0.13 |  |  |  | < 0.01 |
No | 2491 (43.5) | 871 (15.2) | 1038 (18.1) | 1322 (23.1) | Â | 4591 (80.3) | 1129 (19.7) | Â | 2047 (35.9) | 1814 (31.8) | 1842 (32.3) | Â |
Yes | 68 (46.9) | 15 (10.3) | 22 (15.2) | 40 (27.6) | Â | 109 (75.2) | 36 (24.8) | Â | 28 (19.3) | 46 (31.7) | 71 (49.0) | Â |
Anxiolytics, hypnotics and sedatives |  |  |  |  | 0.59 |  |  | < 0.01 |  |  |  | < 0.01 |
No | 2418 (43.8) | 828 (15.0) | 1000 (18.1) | 1276 (23.1) | Â | 4448 (80.6) | 1072 (19.4) | Â | 2007 (36.5) | 1747 (31.7) | 1750 (31.8) | Â |
Yes | 141 (40.9) | 58 (16.8) | 60 (17.4) | 86 (24.9) | Â | 252 (73.0) | 93 (27.0) | Â | 68 (19.8) | 113 (32.8) | 163 (47.4) | Â |
Antidepressants |  |  |  |  | 0.14 |  |  | 0.61 |  |  |  | < 0.01 |
No | 2445 (43.4) | 862 (15.3) | 1019 (18.1) | 1304 (23.2) | Â | 4507 (80.1) | 1121 (19.9) | Â | 2025 (36.1) | 1788 (31.9) | 1798 (32.0) | Â |
Yes | 114 (48.1) | 24 (10.1) | 41 (17.3) | 58 (24.5) | Â | 193 (81.4) | 44 (18.6) | Â | 50 (21.1) | 72 (30.4) | 115 (48.5) | Â |
Antasthmatics | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.18 | Â | Â | 0.03 | Â | Â | Â | 0.45 |
No | 2449 (43.7) | 855 (15.2) | 1016 (18.1) | 1289 (23.0) | Â | 4507 (80.4) | 1100 (19.6) | Â | 1974 (35.3) | 1782 (31.9) | 1834 (32.8) | Â |
Yes | 110 (42.6) | 31 (12.0) | 44 (17.1) | 73 (28.3) | Â | 193 (74.8) | 65 (25.2) | Â | 101 (39.1) | 78 (30.2) | 79 (30.6) | Â |
Gender a |  |  |  |  | 0.26 |  |  | 0.96 |  |  |  | < 0.01 |
Men | 1274 (44.7) | 415 (14.6) | 518 (18.2) | 640 (22.5) | Â | 2280 (80.1) | 566 (19.9) | Â | 1137 (40.1) | 905 (31.9) | 792 (27.9) | Â |
Women | 1285 (42.5) | 471 (15.6) | 542 (17.9) | 722 (23.9) | Â | 2420 (80.2) | 599 (19.8) | Â | 938 (31.1) | 955 (31.7) | 1121 (37.2) | Â |
Age b | 56.8 (8.6) | 55.6 (11.1) | 56.2 (10.4) | 55.7 (10.9) | < 0.01 | 56.1 (10.1) | 57.0 (9.1) | < 0.01 | 56.7 (9.5) | 55.7 (10.8) | 56.3 (9.5) | 0.01 |
Education a,c |  |  |  |  | < 0.01 |  |  | < 0.01 |  |  |  | < 0.01 |
1st qrt | 550 (35.0) | 329 (20.9) | 308 (19.6) | 386 (24.5) | Â | 1216 (77.4) | 355 (22.6) | Â | 577 (36.9) | 513 (32.8) | 475 (30.4) | Â |
2nd qrt | 584 (41.7) | 143 (10.2) | 260 (18.5) | 415 (29.6) | Â | 1171 (83.5) | 231 (16.5) | Â | 543 (38.9) | 446 (31.9) | 408 (29.2) | Â |
3rd qrt | 668 (48.5) | 165 (12.0) | 229 (16.6) | 316 (22.9) | Â | 1118 (81.1) | 260 (18.9) | Â | 480 (34.9) | 416 (30.2) | 480 (34.9) | Â |
4rd qrt | 757 (50.0) | 249 (16.4) | 263 (17.4) | 245 (16.2) | Â | 1195 (78.9) | 319 (21.1) | Â | 475 (31.5) | 485 (32.1) | 550 (36.4) | Â |
BMI b | 26.9 (4.7) | 26.8 (5.0) | 26.9 (4.6) | 27.2 (4.8) | 0.07 | 26.9 (4.8) | 27.2 (4.6) | 0.06 | 27.3 (4.8) | 26.7 (4.6) | 26.8 (4.7) | < 0.01 |
Physical activity a |  |  |  |  | < 0.01 |  |  | 0.21 |  |  |  | 0.45 |
No or little | 1244 (40.8) | 461 (15.1) | 568 (18.6) | 773 (25.4) | Â | 2421 (79.5) | 624 (20.5) | Â | 1063 (35.0) | 989 (32.5) | 988 (32.5) | Â |
Regular | 1315 (46.6) | 425 (15.1) | 492 (17.4) | 589 (20.9) | Â | 2279 (80.8) | 541 (19.2) | Â | 1012 (36.0) | 871 (31.0) | 925 (32.9) | Â |
Alcohol (units/week) a |  |  |  |  | < 0.01 |  |  | < 0.01 |  |  |  | < 0.01 |
teetotaller | 645 (38.6) | 263 (15.8) | 324 (19.4) | 437 (26.2) | Â | 1288 (77.2) | 380 (22.8) | Â | 548 (33.0) | 509 (30.6) | 606 (36.4) | Â |
1–7 | 1248 (44.8) | 411 (14.8) | 512 (18.4) | 614 (22.0) |  | 2246 (80.6) | 539 (19.4) |  | 996 (35.8) | 895 (32.2) | 889 (32.0) |  |
8–14 | 396 (47.6) | 118 (14.2) | 140 (16.8) | 178 (21.4) |  | 705 (84.7) | 127 (15.3) |  | 322 (38.9) | 282 (34.1) | 224 (27.1) |  |
> 14 | 270 (46.5) | 94 (16.2) | 84 (14.5) | 133 (22.9) |  | 461 (79.5) | 119 (20.5) |  | 209 (36.2) | 174 (30.2) | 194 (33.6) |  |
Smoking habits (units/day) a |  |  |  |  | < 0.01 |  |  | < 0.01 |  |  |  | < 0.01 |
non-smoker | 1028 (40.2) | 380 (42.9) | 470 (44.3) | 625 (45.9) | Â | 1998 (42.5) | 504 (43.3) | Â | 764 (36.8) | 836 (44.9) | 894 (46.7) | Â |
exsmoker | 943 (36.9) | 260 (29.3) | 321 (30.3) | 415 (30.5) | Â | 1587 (33.8) | 351 (30.1) | Â | 717 (34.6) | 606 (32.6) | 611 (31.9) | Â |
0–10 | 206 (8.1) | 85 (9.6) | 95 (9.0) | 143 (10.5) |  | 414 (8.8) | 115 (9.9) |  | 202 (9.7) | 171 (9.2) | 152 (7.9) |  |
11–20 | 235 (9.2) | 85 (9.6) | 108 (10.2) | 118 (8.7) |  | 435 (9.3) | 111 (9.5) |  | 238 (11.5) | 138 (7.4) | 169 (8.8) |  |
> 20 | 147 (5.7) | 76 (8.6) | 66 (6.2) | 61 (4.5) |  | 266 (5.7) | 84 (7.2) |  | 154 (7.4) | 109 (5.9) | 87 (4.5) |  |
Aircraft noise annoyance |  |  |  |  | < 0.01 |  |  |  |  |  |  | < 0.01 |
Not highly annoyed | 2327 (49.5) | 643 (13.7) | 780 (16.6) | 950 (20.2) | Â | Â | Â | Â | 1853 (39.6) | 1478 (31.6) | 1353 (28.9) | Â |
Highly annoyed | 231 (19.8) | 242 (20.8) | 280 (24.0) | 412 (35.4) | Â | Â | Â | Â | 220 (18.9) | 382 (32.9) | 560 (48.2) | Â |
Noise sensitivity |  |  |  |  | < 0.01 |  |  | < 0.01 |  |  |  |  |
Low | 983 (47.4) | 250 (12.0) | 392 (18.9) | 450 (21.7) | Â | 1853 (89.4) | 220 (10.6) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Medium | 729 (39.2) | 337 (18.1) | 320 (17.2) | 474 (25.5) | Â | 1478 (79.5) | 382 (20.5) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
High | 840 (43.9) | 294 (15.4) | 347 (18.1) | 432 (22.6) | Â | 1353 (70.7) | 560 (29.3) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
TOTAL | 2559 (43.6) | 886 (15.1) | 1060 (18.1) | 1362 (23.2) | Â | 4700 (80.1) | 1165 (19.9) | Â | 2075 (35.5) | 1860 (31.8) | 1913 (32.7) | Â |