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Table 2 Use of cellular and cordless phones and odds ratio (OR) and 95 % confidence intervals (CI) for different tumour types.

From: Tumour risk associated with use of cellular telephones or cordless desktop telephones

 

> 1 year latency

> 5 years latency

> 10 years latency

Study, period

Analogue

OR

CI

Digital

OR

CI

Cordless

OR

CI

Analogue

OR

CI

Digital

OR

CI

Cordless

OR

CI

Analogue

OR

CI

Digital

OR

CI

Cordless

OR

CI

CNS 1994–1996 [2,3]

         

   -All

0.9

0.6–1.4

1.0

0.6–1.5

NA

0.8

0.5–1.4

0.3

0.03–2.1

NA

1.2

0.6–2.6

-*

NA

CNS 1997–2003 [8,9]

         

   -All

1.5

1.3–1.9

1.2

1.03–1.4

1.3

1.1–1.5

1.7

1.3–2.1

1.6

1.2–2.0

1.6

1.3–1.9

2.2

1.6–3.0

2.8

1.5–5.3

1.9

1.2–2.9

   -Benign, all

1.6

1.3–2.0

1.2

0.96–1.4

1.2

1.01–1.4

1.7

1.3–2.3

1.3

0.99–1.8

1.5

1.2–1.9

1.9

1.3–2.8

2.2

0.99–4.9

1.6

0.9–2.7

    -Meningoma

1.3

0.99–1.7

1.1

0.9–1.3

1.1

0.9–1.4

1.3

0.98–1.8

1.2

0.9–1.7

1.5

1.1–1.9

1.6

1.04–2.6

1.8

0.7–4.6

1.8

1.01–3.2

    -Acoustic neuroma

2.9

2.0–4.3

1.5

1.1–2.1

1.5

1.04–2.0

3.2

2.0–4.9

1.6

0.9–2.8

1.6

1.02–2.6

3.2

1.7–6.1

0.8

0.1–6.6

1.3

0.4–3.8

   -Malignant, all

1.5

1.1–1.9

1.3

1.1–1.6

1.3

1.1–1.6

1.6

1.2–2.1

1.8

1.3–2.4

1.6

1.2–2.1

2.4

1.7–3.5

3.4

1.6–7.3

2.1

1.2–3.5

    -Astrocytoma, grade I-II

1.2

0.6–2.2

1.4

0.9–2.3

1.4

0.9–2.3

1.1

0.5–2.3

1.5

0.7–3.3

1.9

1.03–3.5

1.5

0.6–4.1

1.3

0.1–13

1.8

0.6–5.9

    -Astrocytoma, grade III-IV

1.7

1.3–2.3

1.5

1.2–1.9

1.5

1.1–1.9

1.9

1.4–2.7

2.5

1.7–3.5

2.1

1.5–2.9

3.0

2.0–4.6

5.2

2.2–12

2.7

1.5–5.0

Salivary gland tumours 1994–1999 [10]

         

   -All

0.9

0.6–1.4

1.0

0.7–1.5

1.0

0.7–1.4

0.8

0.4–1.4

1.2

0.5–2.8

1.1

0.6–2.0

0.7

0.3–1.7

-*

-*

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 1999–2002 [11]

         

   -B-cell

0.9

0.7–1.3

1.0

0.8–1.3

1.0

0.8–1.3

1.0

0.7–1.4

0.9

0.7–1.3

1.0

0.7–1.3

1.0

0.7–1.4

1.1

0.4–3.3

1.1

0.6–1.8

   -T-cell

1.6

0.6–3.8

1.4

0.7–2.9

1.4

0.6–2.9

1.5

0.6–3.7

1.9

0.8–4.8

2.5

1.1–5.6

1.5

0.5–4.3

3.0

0.3–34

3.2

1.05–9.5

Testicular cancer Hardell et al, to be published 1993–1997

         

   -All

1.0

0.8–1.3

1.2

0.9–1.6

1.1

0.8–1.4

1.2

0.9–1.8

3.4

0.9–13

1.1

0.7–1.6

1.6

0.7–3.8

-*

-*

    -Seminoma

1.2

0.9–1.6

1.3

0.9–1.8

1.1

0.8–1.5

1.5

0.98–2.2

4.1

0.97–17

1.2

0.7–1.9

2.1

0.8–5.0

-*

-*

    -Non-seminoma

0.7

0.5–1.1

0.9

0.6–1.4

1.0

0.7–1.4

0.9

0.5–1.6

2.3

0.5–12

0.9

0.5–1.6

0.3

0.04–2.7

-*

-*

  1. Results are given for different latency periods.
  2. *No exposed cases.
  3. NA = not assessed