No association between mobile phone usage and development of acoustic neuroma - 24/08/11
Abstract |
Question |
Is the incidence of acoustic neuroma associated with mobile phone usage?
Study design |
Population-based case-control study.
Main results |
Risk of acoustic neuroma was not statistically higher among people regularly using mobile phones compared with those who never or rarely using one (OR 0.90, 95% CI 0.51 to 1.57). No increased risk was associated with the length of time since beginning regular use of mobile phones, total duration or number of calls (see Table 1). In people with acoustic neuroma, mean tumour size was bigger in regular mobile phone users (1.66cm3) than non-users (1.39cm3) (Wilcoxon, p=0.03) but the increased risk of developing a large tumour (⩾1.51cm3) was not statistically significant (OR 1.87, 95% CI 0.75 to 4.64).
Authors’ conclusions |
Mobile phone usage is not positively associated with the development of acoustic neuroma, regardless of the estimated total duration or number of calls, or the length of time since regular use began.
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Keywords : Acoustic neuroma, Risk factors, Cell phone, Case-control study
Plan
 | Abstracted from: Christensen HC, Schuz J, Kosteljanetz M et al. Cellular telephone use and risk of acoustic neuroma. Am J Epidemiol 2004; 159: 277–283. |
Vol 8 - N° 4
P. 213-215 - août 2004 Retour au numéro
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