ReviewNature reviews. Cardiology2021
Transportation noise pollution and cardiovascular disease.
Review in Nature reviews. Cardiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 171 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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171 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Exposure-response relationship between transportation noise and cardiovascular disease outcomes: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2026Pooled it
- Road traffic noise exposure and blood DNA methylation at birth and in childhood: An epigenome-wide meta-analysis.Environment international · 2026Pooled it
- Trends and mechanistic insights into hypertension-associated hearing loss: a 20-year perspective (2005-2025).Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2026Pooled it
- Impact of neighbourhood and environmental factors on the risk of incident cardiovascular disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of preventive cardiology · 2025Pooled it
- Green spaces, blue spaces and human health: an updated umbrella review of epidemiological meta-analyses.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Environmental noise exposure and health outcomes: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analysis.European journal of public health · 2023Pooled it
- Sex/Gender-Differences in the Health Effects of Environmental Noise Exposure on Hypertension and Ischemic Heart Disease-A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Environmental Noise Exposure and the Risk of Sleep Disturbance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Noise & healthPooled it
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- A randomized, double-blind, crossover study of acute low-level night-time road traffic noise: effects on vascular function, sleep, and proteomic signatures in healthy adults.Cardiovascular research · 2026Trial
- Speech Perception in Noise: A Narrative Review of Cognitive Contribution and Hearing-Aid Signal Processing.Journal of Intelligence · 2026Review
- Migration-driven exposome reconfiguration: a predictive, preventive and personalized medicine perspective on cardiometabolic risk.The EPMA journal · 2026Review
- Nicotine-containing products and the cardiovascular system: mechanisms and global health implications.Nature reviews. Cardiology · 2026Review
- Multifunctional Piezoelectric Foams Enabling Noise Absorption and Deep-Learning-Driven Motion Recognition.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026Article
- [Noise and the heart].Herz · 2026Review
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- Occupational Noise Exposure and Cardiovascular Function and Lipid Profile in the Garment Industry in Egypt: A Comparative Cross-sectional Study.Journal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi · 2026Article
- The environmental exposome in heart failure risk and progression.Nature reviews. Cardiology · 2026Review
- Glomerular Injury Induced by Daily Exposure to the Low-Frequency Component of Environmental Noise via Endothelin Signaling in Mice.Environmental science & technology · 2026Article
- A Constrained Layer Damping Perspective on Floating Floor Systems for Low-Frequency Impact Noise Control.Polymers · 2026Article
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Abstract
Epidemiological studies have found that transportation noise increases the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, with high-quality evidence for ischaemic heart disease. According to the WHO, ≥1.6 million healthy life-years are lost annually from traffic-related noise in Western Europe. Traffic noise at night causes fragmentation and shortening of sleep, elevation of stress hormone levels, and increased oxidative stress in the vasculature and the brain. These factors can promote vascular dysfunction, inflammation and hypertension, thereby elevating the risk of cardiovascular disease. In this Review, we focus on the indirect, non-auditory cardiovascular health effects of transportation noise. We provide an updated overview of epidemiological research on the effects of transportation noise on cardiovascular risk factors and disease, discuss the mechanistic insights from the latest clinical and experimental studies, and propose new risk markers to address noise-induced cardiovascular effects in the general population. We also explain, in detail, the potential effects of noise on alterations of gene networks, epigenetic pathways, gut microbiota, circadian rhythm, signal transduction along the neuronal-cardiovascular axis, oxidative stress, inflammation and metabolism. Lastly, we describe current and future noise-mitigation strategies and evaluate the status of the existing evidence on noise as a cardiovascular risk factor.
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