Impact of Random and Systematic Recall Errors and Selection Biasin Case-Control Studies on Mobile Phone Use and Brain Tumors in Adolescents (CEFALO Study)

被引:30
作者
Aydin, Denis [1 ,2 ]
Feychting, Maria [3 ]
Schuz, Joachim [4 ,5 ]
Andersen, Tina Veje [4 ]
Poulsen, Aslak Harbo [4 ]
Prochazka, Michaela [3 ]
Klaeboe, Lars [6 ]
Kuehni, Claudia E. [7 ]
Tynes, Tore [6 ]
Roeoesli, Martin [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Swiss Trop & Publ Hlth Inst, Dept Epidemiol & Publ Hlth, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland
[2] Univ Basel, Basel, Switzerland
[3] Karolinska Inst, Inst Environm Med, Dept Epidemiol, S-10401 Stockholm, Sweden
[4] Danish Canc Soc, Inst Canc Epidemiol, Copenhagen, Denmark
[5] Int Agcy Res Canc, Lifestyle & Canc Grp, F-69372 Lyon, France
[6] Canc Registry Norway, Oslo, Norway
[7] Univ Bern, Inst Social & Prevent Med, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
基金
瑞士国家科学基金会; 瑞典研究理事会;
关键词
mobile phones; brain tumors; adolescents; recall error; selection bias; CELLULAR-TELEPHONE USE; NONDIFFERENTIAL MISCLASSIFICATION; SCHOOL-CHILDREN;
D O I
10.1002/bem.20651
中图分类号
Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Whether the use of mobile phones is a risk factor for brain tumors in adolescents is currently being studied. Case-control studies investigating this possible relationship are prone to recall error and selection bias. We assessed the potential impact of random and systematic recall error and selection bias on odds ratios (ORs) by performing simulations based on real data from an ongoing case-control study of mobile phones and brain tumor risk in children and adolescents (CEFALO study). Simulations were conducted for two mobile phone exposure categories: regular and heavy use. Our choice of levels of recall error was guided by a validation study that compared objective network operator data with the self-reported amount of mobile phone use in CEFALO. In our validation study, cases overestimated their number of calls by 9% on average and controls by 34%. Cases also overestimated their duration of calls by 52% on average and controls by 163%. The participation rates in CEFALO were 83% for cases and 71% for controls. In a variety of scenarios, the combined impact of recall error and selection bias on the estimated ORs was complex. These simulations are useful for the interpretation of previous case-control studies on brain tumor and mobile phone use in adults as well as for the interpretation of future studies on adolescents. Bioelectromagnetics 32:396-407, 2011. (C) 2011 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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