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. 2015 Oct 28;10(10):e0139869. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139869

Table 5. Fully-adjusted association between RF-EMF exposure sources and those sleeping problems a priori hypothesized NOT to be potentially related to RF-EMF exposure.

  Sleeping problems
  Bedtime resistance Sleep anxiety Sleep disordered breathing Total score
  OR (95% CI) IRR (95% CI) IRR (95% CI) IRR (95% CI)
Environmental RF-EMF exposure from mobile phone base stations at home                
    <50th perc. 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
    50-90th perc. 1.06 (0.89 to 1.26) 1.08 (0.93 to 1.27) 0.94 (0.76 to 1.16) 1.03 (0.96 to 1.11)
    >90th perc. 0.96 (0.73 to 1.28) 0.96 (0.74 to 1.24) 0.64 (0.44 to 0.94) 0.93 (0.83 to 1.04)
    p-val trend   0.88   0.79   0.05   0.60
RF-EMF indoor sources (Cordless phone/Wi-Fi)                
    None 0.69 (0.44 to 1.09) 0.59 (0.39 to 0.92) 1.09 (0.65 to 1.81) 0.96 (0.81 to 1.15)
    WiFi yes, cordless phone no 0.90 (0.73 to 1.12) 0.90 (0.74 to 1.09) 1.42 (1.11 to 1.82) 0.92 (0.84 to 1.00)
    WiFi no, cordless phone yes 0.94 (0.67 to 1.32) 0.70 (0.51 to 0.98) 1.27 (0.85 to 1.90) 0.90 (0.79 to 1.04)
    Both 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Mobile phone use at age 5                
    No use 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
    less than once per week 1.26 (1.06 to 1.50) 1.19 (1.02 to 1.39) 1.05 (0.85 to 1.30) 1.11 (1.03 to 1.19)
    1–2 per week 0.98 (0.69 to 1.39) 0.83 (0.59 to 1.16) 0.98 (0.64 to 1.51) 1.08 (0.94 to 1.24)
    3 times or more per week 2.08 (1.41 to 3.06) 1.36 (0.94 to 1.97) 1.15 (0.70 to 1.89) 1.30 (1.10 to 1.54)
    p-val trend   <0.001   0.14   0.63   <0.001
Cordless phone use at age 5                
    No use 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
    less than once per week 0.95 (0.74 to 1.22) 0.96 (0.77 to 1.20) 1.04 (0.76 to 1.41) 0.95 (0.86 to 1.05)
    1–2 per week 1.21 (0.89 to 1.64) 0.93 (0.71 to 1.23) 1.21 (0.84 to 1.75) 0.96 (0.85 to 1.08)
    3 times or more per week 0.96 (0.67 to 1.38) 0.93 (0.67 to 1.28) 1.25 (0.82 to 1.90) 0.90 (0.78 to 1.04)
    p-val trend   0.48   0.60   0.16   0.23

Model adjusted for maternal educational level, parental financial situation, parental countries of birth, maternal and paternal age, and child's sex, age, and number of siblings.