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Table 4 Linear regression analysis of serum transthyretin and long-term use of wireless telephones

From: Mobile and cordless telephones, serum transthyretin and the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier: a cross-sectional study

Group

n

Standardized β coefficient

95% CI

p

Cumulative use (hours), mobile telephone/DECT

   -Mobile telephones + DECT

308

0.08

-0.02 to 0.18

0.11

-Men

132

0.10

-0.07 to 0.28

0.24

-Women

176

0.09

-0.06 to 0.23

0.25

   -Mobile telephones

305

0.08

-0.02 to 0.19

0.11

-Men

131

0.16

-0.02 to 0.33

0.08

-Women

174

-0.02

-0.17 to 0.13

0.80

-Analogue

58

0.24

-0.02 to 0.50

0.07

-Men

45

0.26

-0.05 to 0.56

0.10

-Women

13

0.17

-0.53 to 0.87

0.61

-Digital

302

0.08

-0.02 to 0.18

0.13

-Men

130

0.15

-0.03 to 0.32

0.10

-Women

172

-0.01

-0.16 to 0.14

0.85

-UMTS

49

-0.11

-0.38 to 0.15

0.41

-Men

31

-0.18

-0.54 to 0.17

0.31

-Women

18

0.32

-0.29 to 0.92

0.28

   -DECT

279

0.04

-0.07 to 0.14

0.50

-Men

117

-0.13

-0.31 to 0.06

0.17

-Women

162

0.10

-0.05 to 0.25

0.18

Years since first use, mobile telephone/DECT

Mobile telephones + DECT

309

0.13

0.02 to 0.24

0.03

   -Men

133

0.19

0.01 to 0.38

0.04

   -Women

176

0.10

-0.05 to 0.25

0.20

   -Mobile telephones

306

0.09

-0.03 to 0.20

0.13

   -Men

132

0.20

0.01 to 0.38

0.04

   -Women

174

0.01

-0.14 to 0.16

0.90

-Analogue

59

0.34

0.07 to 0.61

0.01

-Men

46

0.33

0.01 to 0.64

0.045

-Women

13

0.48

-0.18 to 1.14

0.14

-Digital

302

0.06

-0.05 to 0.17

0.29

-Men

130

0.14

-0.05 to 0.33

0.14

- Women

172

0.03

-0.12 to 0.17

0.74

-UMTS

49

-0.04

-0.30 to 0.23

0.78

-Men

31

-0.38

-0.71 to -0.06

0.02

-Women

18

0.48

0.01 to 0.94

0.047

   -DECT

279

0.05

-0.05 to 0.16

0.33

   -Men

117

0.02

-0.17 to 0.20

0.85

   -Women

162

0.09

-0.07 to 0.24

0.26

  1. Age was adjusted for in all analyses while adjustment for sex was applied only in analyses of total samples.
  2. Data for cumulative use of mobile telephone/DECT are missing for two persons (one had used only a mobile telephone, the other had used both a mobile telephone and DECT). Data for latency of mobile telephone/DECT are missing for one person (a user of both mobile telephone and DECT).