Table 1.
The main characteristics of the included studies
| First author, Year of publication | Aim of study | Searching databases | Date of search | The number of total included studies | Number of total participants | Effect size | Main outcomes | Quality assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown, 2025 [39] | Noise and CVD | MEDLINE, The Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and Embase | Up to 20th October 2024 | 28 | - | RR | 1.03 [95% CI: 1.02–1.05 | Low |
| Pyko, 2023[29] | Nosie and IHD | - | - | 9 | 132,801 | OR | 1.03 (95% CI 1.00, 1.05) | Low |
| Fu, 2023 [33] | Noise and HF9, AF, CVD, Stroke, and MI | PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science | Articles published before April 4, 2022 | 23 | - | RR | 2% (RR 1.020, 95% CI 1.006–1.035) for CVD, 3.4% (1.034, 1.026–1.043) for stroke, 5% (1.050, 1.006–1.096) for heart failure, 1.1% (1.011, 1.002–1.021) for AF, 1% (1.010, 1.003–1.017) for MI, and 2.3% (1.023, 1.016–1.030) for HF | Low |
| Song, 2022[38] | Noise and AF3 | Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), SinoMed (CBM), Wanfang Data Knowledge Service Platform, China Science and Technology Journal VIP Database | January 5, 2022 | 5 | 3,866,986 | RR | (1.05; 95% CI: 1.02–1.09) | Low |
| Liu, 2022[34] | Noise and MI1 | PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science | December 19, 2021 | 20 | 13,764,940 | RR2 | (1.18, 95% CI: 1.12 − 1.24) | Moderate |
| Fu, 2022[32] | Noise and stroke | PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Scopus | June 26, 2022 | 21 | 16,075,204 | RR | (1.03, 95%CI:1.00–1.07) | Moderate |
| Rabiei, 2021[31] | Noise and BP7 | Medline/PubMed, Embase, Scopus, ISI/web of knowledge, and Google Scholar | 2020 (March to May) | 139 | - | OR | (1.28, 95% CI: 1.15–1.42) | Very low |
| Teixeira, 2021[21] | Noise and IHD8, Stroke, and HTN | PubMed/Medline, Embase, Web of Science, Scopus, Lilacs + grey literature | April 2019 and January 2020 | 14 | 534,688 | RR | (1.29, 95% CI 1.15–1.43) for IHD, (1.11, 95% CI 0.88–1.39) for Stroke, and (1.07, 95% CI 0.90–1.28) for HTN | Low |
| Chen, 2021[25] | Noise and HTN | PubMed and Embase | October 2019 | 11 | 224,829 | RR | (1.18; 95% CI: 1.06 to 1.32). | Moderate |
| Cai, 2020[40] | Noise and cardiovascular mortality | PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and EMBASE | January 01, 2000, and October 05, 2020 | 13 | - | RR | 1.01 (95% CI: 0.98, 1.05) | Moderate |
| Khosravipour, 2020[35] | Noise and MI | Scopus, Web of Science, Embase, and PubMed | November 29, 2019 | 13 | 1,626,910 | RR | 1.02 (95%CI: 1.00, 1.05) | High |
| Bolm-Audorff, 2020[26] | Noise and HTN6 | Medline, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science | May 19, 2019 | 24 | - | RR | 1.81 (95% CI 1.51–2.18) | High |
| Yang, 2018[30] | Noise and BP, and ECG abnormalities | PubMed, Embase, Chinese SciencePeriodical Database, Chinese Science and Technology JournalDatabase, and Chinese Journal Full–text Database | 2000 to 2017 | 11 | 7839 | OR | 2.55 (95% CI: 1.94–3.36) for BP and 2.27 (I2 = 22%, 95% CI: 1.96–2.62) for ECG abnormalities | Moderate |
| Dzhambov, 2018[24] | Noise and HTN | MEDLINE (PubMed) and EMBASE (ScienceDirect) | August 5, 2017 | 14 | - | RR | 1.01 (95% CI: 0.98, 1.05) | Low |
| Fu, 2017[23] | Noise and risk of HTN | PubMed and Embase | December 2016 | 32 | 264 678 | OR | 1.62 (95% CI: 1.40–1.88) | Low |
| Miao, 2016[36] | Noise exposure and CHD | PubMed and Web of Knowledge | October 2015 | 8 | 23,749 | RR | (1.21, 95% CI = 1.05–1.40) | Very low |
| Huang, 2015[22] | Noise and HTN | PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, the Cochrane Library, and the Chinese Biomedical Literature | PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and the Chinese Biomedical Literature Database | 5 | 16,784 | OR | 1.63 (95% CI, 1.14–2.33) | Moderate |
| Vienneau, 2015[27] | Noise and IHD | PubMed and EMBASE | for the 20-year period prior to January 2014 | 10 | - | RR | 1.06 (95% CI 1.03–1.09) | Low |
| Babisch, 2014[37] | Noise and CHD4 | PubMed and Scopus | 2013 | 14 | - | OR5 | 1.08 (95% CI: 1.04,1.13) | Very low |
| Van Kempen, 2012[19] | Noise and HTN | PubMed | until 2010 | 24 | - | OR | 1.03 (95% CI:1.01–1.05) | Very low |
| Tomei, 2010[20] | Noise and HTN and ECG abnormalities |
PubMed Embase Scopus BioMed Central Toxline NIOSHTIC-2 |
from 1950 to May 2008 | 15 | 18,658 | OR | 2.51 (95% CI: 2.00 to 3.26) for HTN and 2.47 (95% CI: 1.71 to 3.58) for ECG abnormalities. | Low |
| Van Kempen, 2002[28] | Noise, BP, and IHD | MEDLINE, EMBASE, BIOSIS, and SCISEARCH | between 1970 and 1999 | 43 | - | RR | 1.14 (95% CI 1.01–1.29) | Low |
1 = Myocardial infarction / 2 = Risk ratio / 3 = Atrial fibrillation / 4 = coronary heart disease / 5 = Odd ratio / 6 = Hypertension / 7 = Blood pressure / 8 = ischemic heart disease