Table 1 Characteristics of included studies.

From: Exposure-response relationship between transportation noise and cardiovascular disease outcomes: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis

Author

Year

Country

Source of transportation noise

Disease outcome

Study design and Years

Exposure Assessment and assignment

Metric

Quality assessment*

Andersson et al [7]

2020

Sweden

Road traffic

IHD, Stroke

Prospective (1970–2011)

Predictive models (Household)

Incidence, Mortality

High

Babisch et al [46]

1994

Germany

Road traffic

MI

Case–control (1994)

Physical measurement (Household)

Incidence

Medium

Babisch et al [45]

1999

United Kingdom

Road traffic

IS

Prospective (1979–1993)

Physical measurement (Household)

Incidence

Medium

Babisch et al [27]

2005

Germany

Road traffic

MI

Case–control (1998–2001)

Physical measurement (Household)

Incidence

Medium

Bai et al [48]

2020

Canada

Road traffic

MI

Retrospective (2001–2015)

Predictive models (Household)

Incidence

High

Bodin et al [28]

2016

Sweden

Road traffic

MI

Prospective (2000–2010)

Predictive models (Household)

Incidence

Medium

Carey et al [29]

2016

United Kingdom

Road traffic

MI, IS, Stroke

Prospective (2005–2011)

Predictive models (Population)

Incidence

High

Cole–Hunter et al [30]

2021

Denmark

Road traffic

IS, HS, Stroke

Prospective (1993–2014)

Predictive models (Household)

Incidence

High

Dimakopoulou et al [31]

2017

Greece

Aircraft and road traffic

MI, Stroke

Prospective (2004–2013)

Predictive models (Household)

Incidence

Medium

Grady et al [47]

2023

United States of America

Aircraft noise

CVD

Prospective (1994–2014)

Predictive models (Household)

Incidence, Mortality

High

Hao et al [32]

2022

United Kingdom

Road traffic

IHD, IS, MI, Stroke,

Prospective (2006–2021)

Predictive models (Household)

Incidence, Mortality

High

Lim et al [33]

2021

Denmark

Road traffic

MI

Prospective (1993–2014)

Predictive models (Household)

Incidence, Mortality

High

Magnoni et al [34].

2021

Italy

Road traffic

MI, IS, Stroke

Retrospective (2001–2018)

Predictive models (Household)

Incidence

High

Poulsen et al [35]

2023

Denmark

Road traffic

Stroke

Prospective (2005–2017)

Predictive models (Household)

Incidence

High

Pyko et al [8]

2019

Sweden

Aircraft, railway, and road traffic

IS, Stroke

Prospective (1990–2010)

Predictive models (Household)

Incidence

High

Roswall et al [36]

2017

Denmark

Road traffic

MI

Prospective (1997–2011)

Predictive models (Household)

Incidence, Mortality

High

Seidler et al [37]

2016

Germany

Aircraft, railway, and road traffic

IS, HS, Stroke

Case–control (2005–2010)

Physical measurement (Household)

Incidence, Mortality

High

Seidler et al [38]

2018

Germany

Aircraft, railway, and road traffic

MI

Case–control (2005–2010)

Physical measurement (Household)

Incidence

High

Selander et al [39]

2009

Sweden

Road traffic

Stroke

Case–control (1992–1994)

Predictive models (Household)

Incidence, Mortality

High

Sørensen et al [40]

2012

Denmark

Railway and road traffic

IS, HS, Stroke

Prospective (1993–2006)

Predictive models (Household)

Incidence

High

Sørensen et al [41]

2014

Denmark

Road traffic

IS

Prospective (1997–2009)

Predictive models (Household)

Incidence

Medium

Sørensen et al [42]

2021

Denmark

Road traffic

MI

Prospective (2000–2017)

Predictive models (Household)

Incidence

High

Thacher et al [43]

2022

Denmark

Aircraft, railway, and road traffic

IHD, MI

Prospective (2005–2017)

Predictive models (Household)

Incidence

High

Vienneau et al [6]

2022

Switzerland

Aircraft, railway, and road traffic

HS, IHD, IS, MI, Stroke

Prospective (2001–2015)

Predictive models (Household)

Incidence

High

Willich et al [44]

2005

Germany

Road traffic

MI

Case–control (1998–2001)

Physical measurement (Household)

Incidence

Medium

Yankoty et al [49]

2021

Canada

Road traffic

MI

Retrospective (2000–2014)

Predictive models (Household)

Incidence

High

  1. CVD Cardiovascular diseases, HS hemorrhagic stroke, IHD Ischemic heart disease, IS Ischemic stroke, MI Myocardial infarction
  2. *: “High” refers to studies scoring between 7–9 points on the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale instrument and “Medium” to studies scoring between 4-6 points on the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale instrument.