Review > J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Feb 13;71(6):688-697. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.12.015.

Thomas Münzel1, Frank P Schmidt2, Sebastian Steven2, Johannes Herzog2, Andreas Daiber2, Mette Sørensen3

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PMID: 29420965 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.12.015

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Since publishing of the first study in the late 1980s, the association between traffic noise and coronary heart disease has been studied extensively. Recent meta-analyses consistently conclude that traffic noise is associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease (25,36). The most recent meta-analysis from 2015 included studies on road traffic and aircraft noise, and found a 6% significant increase in risk for every 10 dB(A) increase in traffic noise (day-evening-night equivalent noise level A-weighted), starting as low as 50 dB(A) (25).

Data center noise may be considered similar to road traffic or aircraft noise except that it is continuous 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.