Blettner M, Schlehofer B, Breckenkamp J, Kowall B, Schmiedel S, Reis U, Potthoff P, Schüz J, Berg-Beckhoff G
Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, D-55101 Mainz, Germany.
Occup Environ Med. 2009 Feb;66(2):118-23. doi: 10.1136/oem.2007.037721. Epub 2008 Nov 18.
The aim of this first phase of a cross-sectional study from Germany was to investigate whether proximity of residence to mobile phone base stations as well as risk perception is associated with health complaints.
The researchers conducted a population-based, multi-phase, cross-sectional study within the context of a large panel survey regularly carried out by a private research institute in Germany. In the initial phase, reported on in this paper, 30,047 persons from a total of 51,444 who took part in the nationwide survey also answered questions on how mobile phone base stations affected their health. A list of 38 health complaints was used. A multiple linear regression model was used to identify predictors of health complaints including proximity of residence to mobile phone base stations and risk perception.
Of the 30,047 participants (response rate 58.6%), 18.7% of participants were concerned about adverse health effects of mobile phone base stations, while an additional 10.3% attributed their personal adverse health effects to the exposure from them. Participants who were concerned about or attributed adverse health effects to mobile phone base stations and those living in the vicinity of a mobile phone base station (500 m) reported slightly more health complaints than others.
A substantial proportion of the German population is concerned about adverse health effects caused by exposure from mobile phone base stations. The observed slightly higher prevalence of health complaints near base stations can not however be fully explained by attributions or concerns.
这项来自德国的横断面研究第一阶段的目的是调查居住距离手机基站的远近以及风险认知是否与健康问题相关。
研究人员在德国一家私人研究机构定期开展的大型面板调查背景下，进行了一项基于人群的多阶段横断面研究。在本文所报道的初始阶段，参与全国性调查的51444人中，有30047人还回答了关于手机基站如何影响其健康的问题。使用了一份包含38项健康问题的清单。采用多元线性回归模型来确定健康问题的预测因素，包括居住距离手机基站的远近和风险认知。
在30047名参与者中（回复率58.6%），18.7%的参与者担心手机基站会对健康产生不良影响，另有10.3%的参与者将自身的不良健康状况归因于接触手机基站。担心手机基站会产生不良健康影响或将不良健康状况归因于手机基站的参与者，以及居住在手机基站附近（500米内）的参与者，报告的健康问题比其他人略多。
相当一部分德国民众担心接触手机基站会对健康产生不良影响。然而，在基站附近观察到的健康问题患病率略高，不能完全用归因或担忧来解释。
