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Table 6 Linear regression analysis of serum transthyretin and short-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

Minutes of use on the day of giving blood

Mobile telephones

163

0.01

-0.13 to 0.14

0.94

   -Men

85

0.001

-0.22 to 0.22

0.99

   -Women

78

0.03

-0.20 to 0.25

0.82

DECT

99

-0.03

-0.21 to 0.15

0.72

   -Men

41

0.01

-0.32 to 0.34

0.97

   -Women

58

-0.07

-0.33 to 0.19

0.59

Minutes from last use – blood sampling

Mobile telephones + DECT

205

-0.11

-0.23 to 0.01

0.06

   -Men

98

-0.07

-0.27 to 0.14

0.51

   -Women

107

-0.21

-0.40 to -0.02

0.03

   -Mobile telephones

159

-0.08

-0.21 to 0.06

0.25

-Men

82

0.04

-0.18 to 0.26

0.72

-Women

77

-0.25

-0.47 to -0.03

0.03

   -DECT

97

-0.12

-0.30 to 0.06

0.20

-Men

40

-0.14

-0.47 to 0.19

0.40

-Women

57

-0.13

-0.39 to 0.13

0.33

  1. Age was adjusted for in all analyses while adjustment for sex was applied only in analyses of total samples.
  2. Data for minutes from last use of mobile telephone/DECT to blood sampling are missing for six persons (four had used a mobile telephone, two had used DECT).