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The commenter quotes research examining maternal mobile-phone use and children's behavioral outcomes, including hyperactivity and possible confounding.
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https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5506372/pdf/nihms866566.pdf
"Methods—We used individual participant data from 83,884 mother-child pairs in the five cohorts
from Denmark (1996–2002), Korea (2006–2011), the Netherlands (2003–2004), Norway (2004–
2008), and Spain (2003–2008). We categorized cell phone use into none, low, medium, and high,
based on frequency of calls during pregnancy reported by the mothers. Child behavioral problems
(reported by mothers using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire or Child Behavior
Checklist) were classified in the borderline/clinical and clinical ranges using validated cut-offs in
children aged 5–7 years. Cohort specific risk estimates were meta-analyzed.
Results—Overall, 38.8% of mothers, mostly from the Danish cohort, reported no cell phone use
during pregnancy and these mothers were less likely to have a child with overall behavioral,
hyperactivity/inattention or emotional problems. Evidence for a trend of increasing risk of child
behavioral problems through the maternal cell phone use categories was observed for
hyperactivity/inattention problems (OR for problems in the clinical range: 1.11, 95%CI 1.01, 1.22;
1.28, 95%CI 1.12, 1.48, among children of medium and high users, respectively). This association
was fairly consistent across cohorts and between cohorts with retrospectively and prospectively
collected cell phone use data.
Conclusions—Maternal cell phone use during pregnancy may be associated with an increased
risk for behavioral problems, particularly hyperactivity/inattention problems, in the offspring. The
interpretation of these results is unclear as uncontrolled confounding may influence both maternal
cell phone use and child behavioral problems."
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