Table 6 Associations between RF-EMF exposures and having ‘Trouble falling asleep’ (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Trouble falling asleep | No (165/156) | Cordless calls > 10 minutes weekly | 0-1 (111/105) | 1 | 1 | Time of lights out*+ |
1 or 2 times weekly (88/85) | >1-5 120/114) | 1.54 (0.54-2.53) | 1.56 (0.93-2.62) | Sex | ||
3 or 4 times weekly (39/36) | >5-120 (99/95) | 1.99 (1.19-3.34)* | 1.58 (0.89-2.81) | Decile | ||
Most nights (38/37) | Times woken in night | |||||
Trouble falling asleep | No, hardly ever (184/183) | Minutes on cordless phone daily | 0-4 (147/147) | 1 | 1 | Sex* + ♀ |
1 or 2 times weekly (91/91) | 5-15 (106/105) | 1.14 (0.77-1.69) | 1.00 (0.65-1.54) | Decile+ | ||
3 or 4 times weekly (36/36) | 16-240 (96/96) | 1.61 (1.06-2.43) | 1.41 (0.89-2.23) | Cold/flu | ||
Most nights (38/38) | ||||||
Trouble falling asleep | No, hardly ever (-/175) | Cellphone calls >10 minutes weekly | 0 (-/267) | Model invalid | 1 | Woken by phone**+ |
1 or 2 times weekly (-/90) | 1-6 (-/63) | 0.92 (0.67-1.25) | Light out time+ | |||
3 or 4 times weekly (-/37) | 7-35 (-/12) | 1.38 (0.66-2.91) | Decile+ | |||
Most nights (-/40) | Sex + ♀ | |||||
Trouble falling asleep | No, hardly ever (-/179) | Cellphone headset | No (320) | Model invalid | 1 | Sex** + ♀ |
1 or 2 times weekly (-/92) | Wired (16) | 0.41 (0.16-1.08) | Light out time*+ | |||
3 or more times weekly (-/77) | Wireless (12) | 1.23 (0.51-2.97) | Decile+ | |||
Age | ||||||
Times woken |