Table 2.
ORs for brain tumours with level of total cumulative specific radio frequency energy (total cumulative specific energy) (in joules per kilogram)*
Subjects with tumour centre estimated by a neuroradiologist or computer algorithm† | Only subjects with tumour centre estimated by a neuroradiologist | |||||
Cases | Controls | OR (95% CI) | Cases | Controls | OR (95% CI) | |
Glioma | ||||||
Never regular user | 196 | 617 | 1.00 | 117 | 361 | 1.00 |
<76.7 | 67 | 265 | 0.76 (0.53 to 1.09) | 36 | 150 | 0.84 (0.51 to 1.36) |
76.7– | 68 | 227 | 0.94 (0.66 to 1.35) | 43 | 128 | 1.00 (0.62 to 1.60) |
284.1– | 60 | 207 | 0.80 (0.54 to 1.18) | 39 | 102 | 1.15 (0.69 to 1.90) |
978.9– | 57 | 197 | 0.89 (0.61 to 1.30) | 34 | 99 | 0.92 (0.55 to 1.53) |
3123.9+ | 103 | 207 | 1.35 (0.96 to 1.90) | 57 | 86 | 1.66 (1.03 to 2.67) |
Meningioma | ||||||
Never regular user | 294 | 643 | 1.00 | 156 | 396 | 1.00 |
<76.7 | 103 | 261 | 0.90 (0.67 to 1.21) | 51 | 150 | 0.86 (0.57 to 1.29) |
76.7– | 71 | 199 | 0.74 (0.53 to 1.04) | 47 | 127 | 0.95 (0.62 to 1.44) |
284.1– | 56 | 233 | 0.56 (0.39 to 0.80) | 29 | 136 | 0.53 (0.32 to 0.87) |
978.9– | 62 | 209 | 0.72 (0.51 to 1.02) | 23 | 117 | 0.55 (0.32 to 0.93) |
3123.9+ | 88 | 251 | 0.90 (0.66 to 1.24) | 35 | 114 | 1.01 (0.63 to 1.62) |
Analyses based on unconditional logistic regression stratified on age, sex and region and adjusted for education and timing of interview.
Centre is as estimated by a neuroradiologist when available or as estimated by computer algorithm otherwise.