Pooled analysis of recent studies of magnetic fields and childhood leukemia

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Background: Over forty epidemiologic studies have addressed an association between measured or calculated extremely-low-frequency magnetic fields (MF) and childhood leukemia. These studies have been aggregated in a series of pooled analyses, but it has been 10 years since the last such. Methods: We present a pooled analysis combining individual-level data (24,994 cases, 30,769 controls) from four recent studies on MF and childhood leukemia. Results: Unlike previous pooled analyses, we found no increased risk of leukemia among children exposed to greater MF: odds ratio (OR) = 1.01, for exposure ≥0.4 μT (μT) compared with exposures <0.1 μT. Similarly, no association was observed in the subset of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, birth homes, studies using calculated fields, or when geocoding accuracy was ignored. In these studies, there is a decline in risk over time, also evident when we compare three pooled analyses. A meta-analysis of the three pooled analyses overall presents an OR of 1.45 (95% CI: 0.95–2.20) for exposures ≥0.4 μT. Conclusions: Our results are not in line with previous pooled analysis and show a decrease in effect to no association between MF and childhood leukemia. This could be due to methodological issues, random chance, or a true finding of disappearing effect.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer111993
TidsskriftEnvironmental Research
Vol/bind204
Udgave nummerPart A
Antal sider7
ISSN0013-9351
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2022

Bibliografisk note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by the research grant from Electric Power Research Institute . SETIL was financially supported by research grants received from the Italian Association on Research on Cancer ( AIRC ), the Ministry for Instruction, University, and Research , the Ministry of Health , the Ministry of Labour , and Piedmont Region .

Funding Information:
We are grateful to numerous people that contributed to the development of the original data. For the complete list the SETIL working group (see ref 11). This work was supported by the Electric Power Research Institute .

Funding Information:
This work was supported by the research grant from Electric Power Research Institute. SETIL was financially supported by research grants received from the Italian Association on Research on Cancer (AIRC), the Ministry for Instruction, University, and Research, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Labour, and Piedmont Region.We are grateful to numerous people that contributed to the development of the original data. For the complete list the SETIL working group (see ref 11). This work was supported by the Electric Power Research Institute.

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