Headache in the international cohort study of mobile phone use and health (COSMOS) in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: Elsevier Country of Publication: Netherlands NLM ID: 0147621 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1096-0953 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00139351 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Environ Res Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: <2000- > : Amsterdam : Elsevier
      Original Publication: New York, Academic Press.
    • Subject Terms:
      Cell Phone Use* ; Cell Phone*; Humans ; Cohort Studies ; Netherlands ; Radio Waves ; Electromagnetic Fields ; Headache ; United Kingdom
    • Abstract:
      Headache is a common condition with a substantial burden of disease worldwide. Concerns have been raised over the potential impact of long-term mobile phone use on headache due to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMFs). We explored prospectively the association between mobile phone use at baseline (2009-2012) and headache at follow-up (2015-2018) by analysing pooled data consisting of the Dutch and UK cohorts of the Cohort Study of Mobile Phone Use and Health (COSMOS) (N = 78,437). Frequency of headache, migraine, and information on mobile phone use, including use of hands-free devices and frequency of texting, were self-reported. We collected objective operator data to obtain regression calibrated estimates of voice call duration. In the model mutually adjusted for call-time and text messaging, participants in the high category of call-time showed an adjusted odds ratio (OR) of 1.04 (95 % CI: 0.94-1.15), with no clear trend of reporting headache with increasing call-time. However, we found an increased risk of weekly headache (OR = 1.40, 95 % CI: 1.25-1.56) in the high category of text messaging, with a clear increase in reporting headache with increasing texting. Due to the negligible exposure to RF-EMFs from texting, our results suggest that mechanisms other than RF-EMFs are responsible for the increased risk of headache that we found among mobile phone users.
      Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
      (Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
    • Grant Information:
      001 International WHO_ World Health Organization
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: COSMOS; Cohort study; Headache; Migraine; Mobile phone use; Radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMFs)
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20240127 Date Completed: 20240419 Latest Revision: 20240420
    • Publication Date:
      20240420
    • Accession Number:
      10.1016/j.envres.2024.118290
    • Accession Number:
      38280529