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Table 5 Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for self-reported perceived health (very good, good, fair, poor, very poor) and use of mobile phone or DECT. Ordinal logistic regression analysis adjusted for age and gender was used.

From: Use of wireless telephones and self-reported health symptoms: a population-based study among Swedish adolescents aged 15–19 years

 

Total

≥ 2 min – 15 min per day (mobile phone)/≥ 5 min – 15 min per day (DECT)

> 15 min – 30 min per day

> 30 min per day

 

OR

CI

OR

CI

OR

CI

OR

CI

Mobile phone

        

Perceived health

1.3

1.01–1.7

1.2

0.9–1.6

1.7

1.1–2.6

1.8

1.2–2.7

DECT

        

Perceived health

1.3

1.002–1.8

1.2

0.9–1.7

1.3

0.9–1.8

1.7

1.1–2.5

Mobile phone*

        

Perceived health

1.1

0.9–1.5

1.1

0.8–1.4

1.4

0.9–2.1

1.5

0.97–2.3

DECT*

        

Perceived health

1.1

0.8–1.5

1.1

0.8–1.5

1.1

0.8–1.6

1.4

0.9–2.1

  1. * = Adjusted for insufficient sleep and tiredness.