Does using a MOBILE PHONE regularly increase Your Risk of Heart Disease?
Making at least ONE CALL a WEEK using a CELL PHONE is associated with a higer risk of Heart Disease, according to a study published in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology.
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In comparison to infrequent users, regular users (at least one phone call per week) had a significantly higher risk of CardioVascular Disease (primary outcome - composite of coronary artery disease, stroke, heart failure and atrial fibrillation).
- The above association was especially positive in current smokers and diabetic participants.
- Interestingly, the study also demonstrated that that >5%, >11% and >2% of the above association was mediated by sleep patterns, psychological distress and neuroticism, respectively.
- It was a huge study, which included over 400k participants with mean age 56 years, 56% females and a follow up of over 12 years.
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The authors concluded:
'Weekly mobile phone usage time was positively associated with incident CardioVascular risk, which was partly explained by poor sleep, psychologic distress, and neuroticism.'
- The main limitations of this study were:
- observational data, therefore no cause/effect demonstrated
- other uses of mobile phones, watching and texting not studied
- Link to the article below:
https://onlinecjc.ca/article/S0828-282X(24)00437-9/fulltext
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