Mobile phone calls, genetic susceptibility, and new-onset hypertension: results from 212 046 UK Biobank participants.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The relationship between mobile phone use for making or receiving calls and hypertension risk remains uncertain. We aimed to examine the associations of mobile phone use for making or receiving calls and the use frequency with new-onset hypertension in the general population, using data from the UK Biobank.

Methods and results

A total of 212 046 participants without prior hypertension in the UK Biobank were included. Participants who have been using a mobile phone at least once per week to make or receive calls were defined as mobile phone users. The primary outcome was new-onset hypertension. During a median follow-up of 12.0 years, 13 984 participants developed new-onset hypertension. Compared with mobile phone non-users, a significantly higher risk of new-onset hyper

SUBMITTER: Ye Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10232238 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature