SynthesisPloS one2017
Mobile phone use and glioma risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Wireless technology is an environmental stressor requiring new understanding and approaches in health care.Frontiers in public health · 2022Review
- AURKA gene polymorphisms and central nervous system tumor susceptibility in Chinese children.Discover oncology · 2021Article
- The effect of exposure to radiofrequency fields on cancer risk in the general and working population: A protocol for a systematic review of human observational studies.Environment international · 2021Article
- Adherence to plant-based dietary patterns in relation to glioma: a case-control study.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Downregulation of CYP2E1 is associated with poor prognosis and tumor progression of gliomas.Cancer medicine · 2021Article
- Mapping of static magnetic fields near the surface of mobile phones.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- The correlation between polymorphisms in theTranslational pediatrics · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveMany studies have previously investigated the potential association between mobile phone use and the risk of glioma. However, results from these individual studies are inconclusive and controversial. The objective of our study was to investigate the potential association between mobile phone use and subsequent glioma risk using meta-analysis.
methodsWe performed a systematic search of the Science Citation Index Embase and PubMed databases for studies reporting relevant data on mobile phone use and glioma in 1980-2016. The data were extracted and measured in terms of the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) using the random effects model. Subgroup analyses were also carried out. This meta-analysis eventually included 11 studies comprising a total 6028 cases and 11488 controls.
resultsThere was a significant positive association between long-term mobile phone use (minimum, 10 years) and glioma (OR = 1.44, 95% CI = 1.08-1.91). And there was a significant positive association between long-term ipsilateral mobile phone use and the risk of glioma (OR = 1.46, 95% CI = 1.12-1.92). Long-term mobile phone use was associated with 2.22 times greater odds of low-grade glioma occurrence (OR = 2.22, 95% CI = 1.69-2.92). Mobile phone use of any duration was not associated with the odds of high-grade glioma (OR = 0.81, 95% CI = 0.72-0.92). Contralateral mobile phone use was not associated with glioma regardless of the duration of use. Similarly, this association was not observed when the analysis was limited to high-grade glioma.
conclusionsOur results suggest that long-term mobile phone use may be associated with an increased risk of glioma. There was also an association between mobile phone use and low-grade glioma in the regular use or long-term use subgroups. However, current evidence is of poor quality and limited quantity. It is therefore necessary to conduct large sample, high quality research or better characterization of any potential association between long-term ipsilateral mobile phone use and glioma risk.
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