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. 2007 Apr 4;64(9):626–632. doi: 10.1136/oem.2006.029751

Table 3 Summary of nine studies on other brain tumour types or not specified and use of wireless telephones.

Study Period covered Study type Age (years) Tumour type No. of cases OR* (95% CI) Comments
Hardell et al 1999, 2001 Sweden1,2 1994–1996 Case–control 20–80 Brain tumours 78 1.0 (0.7 to 1.4) Analogue and digital cell phone use
34 1.1 (0.6 to 1.8) Ipsilateral use
16 1.2 (0.6 to 2.6) >10‐year latency, analogue cell phone
Muscat et al 2000 USA3 1994–1998 Case–control 18–80 Brain tumours 66 0.9 (0.6 to 1.2) Regular use
Neuro‐epithelioma 35 2.1 (0.9 to 4.7) Mean duration of use 2.8 years
Johansen et al 2001 Denmark4 1982–1995 Cohort >18 Brain tumours 20 SIR = 1.3 (0.8 to 2.1) Analogue and digital cell phone use
9 SIR = 1.2 (0.6 to 2.3) ⩾3‐year duration of digital subscription
Inskip et al 2001, USA5 1994–1998 Case–control ⩾18 Meningioma 6 0.9 (0.3 to 2.7) ⩾5 years of cell phone use
Lönn et al 2005 Sweden Interphone10 2000–2002 Case–control 20–69 Meningioma 118 0.7 (0.5 to 0.9) Regular use
5 1.3 (0.5 to 3.9) ⩾10 years since first “regular” cell phone use on same side of head as tumour
3 0.5 (0.1 to 1.7) ⩾10 years since first “regular” cell phone use on opposite side of head as tumour.
Christensen et al 2005 Denmark, Interphone12 2000–2002 Case–control 20–69 Meningioma 67 0.8 (0.5 to 1.3) Regular use
6 1.0 (0.3 to 3.2) ⩾10 years since first regular use of cell phone
Schüz et al 2006 Germany, Interphone14 2000–2003 Case–control 30– (59) –69 (see above) Meningioma 104 0.8 (0.6 to 1.1) Regular use
5 1.1 (0.4 to 3.4) ⩾10 years since first “regular use” of cell phone
Hardell et al 2006a, Sweden15 1997–2003 Case–control 20–80 Meningioma 347 1.1 (0.9 to 1.3) >1‐year latency of cell phone use
38 1.5 (0.98 to 2.4) >10 ‐year latency of cell phone use
15 2.0 (0.98 to 3.9) >10 ‐year latency of ipsilateral cell phone use
23 1.6 (0.9 to 2.8) >10 ‐year latency of cordless phone use
9 3.2 (1.2 to 8.4) >10 ‐year latency of ipsilateral cordless phone use
Schüz et al 2006, Denmark17 1982–2002 Cohort ⩾18 Brain and nervous system 28 SIR = 0.7 (0.4 to 0.95) ⩾10 ‐year latency

SIR, standardised incidence ratio.

*Unless otherwise stated.