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. 2011 Jun 9;68(9):631–640. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2011-100155

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.