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title: "Evidence: reduces nighttime noise exposure"
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journal: "Circ Res"
year: 2024
pmid: "38662856"
doi: "10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.123.323584"
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updated: 2026-09-02
author: "Gabriel Radu, DO"
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# Evidence: reduces nighttime noise exposure

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## Citation

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Journal | Circ Res |
| Year | 2024 |
| PMID | [38662856](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38662856/) |
| DOI | [10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.123.323584](https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.123.323584) |
| Study key | s196 |

## Takeaway

Transportation noise, especially at night, significantly increases cardiovascular disease risk by disrupting sleep, elevating stress, and causing oxidative stress.

## The question

What are the indirect, nonauditory cardiovascular health effects of transportation noise?

## Hypothesis

Transportation noise, particularly at night, increases cardiovascular morbidity and mortality by causing sleep fragmentation, elevated stress hormones, and increased oxidative stress, which can lead to vascular dysfunction, inflammation, and hypertension.

## Methods

This review provides an updated overview of epidemiological research on transportation noise and cardiovascular risk factors and disease. It also includes mechanistic insights from clinical and experimental studies, discusses potential effects on vascular dysfunction, oxidative stress, and inflammation in humans and animals, and explains underlying pathomechanisms. Current and future noise mitigation strategies are also described.

## Results

Epidemiological studies show that transportation noise increases the risk for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, with strong evidence for ischemic heart disease, heart failure, and stroke. Nighttime traffic noise leads to sleep fragmentation, shortened sleep, elevated stress hormones, and increased oxidative stress in the vasculature and brain. These factors promote vascular dysfunction, inflammation, and arterial hypertension, thereby increasing cardiovascular risk. The World Health Organization estimates that traffic-related noise in Western Europe results in at least 1.6 million healthy life years lost annually.

## Conclusion

Transportation noise is a significant cardiovascular risk factor, primarily through indirect, nonauditory mechanisms involving sleep disruption, stress hormone elevation, and oxidative stress, leading to vascular dysfunction, inflammation, and hypertension.

## Limitations

The abstract does not explicitly state limitations of the review itself, but rather summarizes the existing evidence and mechanisms.

## Verbatim from the abstract

> transportation noise increases the risk for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality

## Where this study is used on Magellan

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| Compound or device | Evidence grade | Graded pages |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anti-Noise White-Noise Sleep System | Emerging evidence | [Anti-Noise White-Noise Sleep System](https://magellanlongevity.com/p/196.md) |

## Reference

1. **Evidence: reduces nighttime noise exposure**
   Circ Res 2024 · [PMID 38662856](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38662856/) · [DOI 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.123.323584](https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.123.323584)

   > transportation noise increases the risk for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality

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