%0 Journal Article
%A Slesinski, S Claire
%A Bolte, Gabriele
%A Zhuang, Sida
%A Lakes, Tobia
%A Rehfuess, Eva
%A Staab, Jeroen
%A Bamberg, Fabian
%A Baurecht, Hansjörg
%A Becher, Heiko
%A Brenner, Hermann
%A Glaser, Nadine
%A Greiser, Karin Halina
%A Günther, Kathrin
%A Harth, Volker
%A Heise, Jana-Kristin
%A Keil, Thomas
%A Klett-Tammen, Carolina J
%A Leitzmann, Michael
%A Lieb, Wolfgang
%A Meinke-Franze, Claudia
%A Mikolajczyk, Rafael
%A Moreno Velásquez, Ilais
%A Mueller, Ulrich
%A Nagrani, Rajini
%A Obi, Nadia
%A Övermöhle, Cara
%A Pischon, Tobias
%A Schikowski, Tamara
%A Schipf, Sabine
%A Schlett, Christopher L
%A Schmidt, Börge
%A Schulze, Matthias B
%A Tönnies, Thaddäus
%A Willich, Stefan N
%A Peters, Annette
%A Schneider, Alexandra
%A Wolf, Kathrin
%T Transportation noise and self-rated health: Evidence from the German National Cohort (NAKO).
%J Environmental research
%V nn
%@ 0013-9351
%C San Diego, Calif.
%I Elsevier
%M DKFZ-2026-00262
%P 123885
%D 2026
%X A large proportion of Europeans are exposed to high levels of transportation noise, which can cause physiological and psychological stress, leading to negative health impacts. Few studies have examined the association between transportation noise and self-rated health (SRH), a summary indicator of morbidity.We aimed to assess the associations of SRH with both annual average road traffic noise exposure and nighttime transportation noise annoyance, examine geographic differences, evaluate potential effect modification and interaction by sex, and investigate whether annoyance mediates the relationship between road traffic noise and self-rated health.Using NAKO baseline data (n = 174,956), we implemented a cross-sectional study using logistic regression to analyze associations of road traffic noise ≥ 55 dB(A) and nighttime transportation noise annoyance with poor SRH, adjusting for relevant sociodemographic characteristics and environmental co-exposures, including air pollution and greenness. We examined geographic differences, tested for effect modification by sex, and used path analysis to assess mediation by annoyance.Road traffic noise ≥55 dB(A) (OR 1.06, 95
%K environmental noise exposure (Other)
%K mediation analysis (Other)
%K noise annoyance (Other)
%K population-based cohort (Other)
%K traffic noise (Other)
%K wellbeing (Other)
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%$ pmid:41611060
%R 10.1016/j.envres.2026.123885
%U https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/309612