Table 5 Associations between RF-EMF exposures and ‘Wake up in the night’ (symptom)
Symptom | Symptom categories (N for unadjusted model/N for adjusted model) | Exposure | Exposure categories (N for unadjusted model/N for adjusted model) | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) for each exposure category | Adjusted OR (95% CI) for each exposure category | Confounders in model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wake in the night | No, hardly ever (161/157) | Cordless calls >10 minutes weekly | 0 (63/61) | 1 | 1 | Age*- |
1 or 2 weekly (110/107) | 1-2 (103/102) | 1.04 (0.74, 1.45) | 1.10 (0.78, 1.56) | Woken by cellphone*+ | ||
3 or 4 weekly (27/26) | 3-9 (84/79) | 1.07 (0.97, 1.53) | 1.05 (0.73, 1.51) | Wireless headset | ||
Most days (32/30) | 10-120 ( 80/78) | 1.50 (1.05, 2.16) | 1.40 (0.96, 2.04) | |||
Wake in the night | No, hardly ever (-/168) | Minutes on | 0-4 (-/142) | Model invalid | 1 | Woken by phone**+ |
1-2 times weekly (-/111) | cordless phone | 5-15 (-/99) | 1.26 (0.87, 1.81) | Sex + ♀ | ||
3+ times weekly (-/57) | daily | 16-240 (-/95) | 0.82 (0.55, 1.23) | Cold/flu | ||
Wake in the night | No, hardly ever (175/170) | Cellphone calls | 0 (276/269 ) | 1 | 1 | Woken by phone**+ |
1 or 2 times weekly (112/112) | >10 minutes | 1-6 (65/65) | 1.70 (1.07, 2.71) | 1.58 (0.98, 2.56) | Sex | |
3 or 4 times weekly (31/30) | weekly | 7-35 (12/12) | 1.16 (0.47, 2.84) | 0.85 (0.30, 2.36) | Cold/flu | |
Most of the time (35/34) | ||||||
Wake in the night | No, hardly ever (178/175) | Cellphone headset | No (328/326) | 1 | 1 | Woken by phone**+ |
1 or 2 times weekly (115/115) | Wired (16/16) | 0.66 (0.29, 1.50) | 0.65 (0.28, 1.49) | Cold/flu | ||
3 or more times weekly (30/30) | Wireless (13/12) | 2.24 (1.17, 4.29) | 2.42 (1.21, 4.84) | Age | ||
Most nights (34/34) | Sex | |||||
Wake in the night | No, hardly ever (71/70) | WiFi at home | No (70/68) | 1 | 1 | Woken by phone |
1 – 4 times weekly (52/50) | Yes (68/66) | 0.65 (0.45-0.63) | 0.66 (0.44-0.99) | Age | ||
Most nights (15/14) | Sex | |||||
Cold/flu | ||||||
Wireless headset |