EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY
Sophia Antipolis, 5 May 2023: Talking on a mobile for 30 minutes or more per week is linked with a 12% increased risk of high blood pressure compared with less than 30 minutes, according to research published today in European Heart Journal – Digital Health, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).1
“It’s the number of minutes people spend talking on a mobile that matter for heart health, with more minutes meaning greater risk,” said study author Professor Xianhui Qin of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China. “Years of use or employing a hands-free set-up had no influence on the likelihood of developing high blood pressure. More studies are needed to confirm the findings.”
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Ye Z, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, et al. Mobile phone calls, genetic susceptibility and new-onset hypertension: results from 212,046 UK Biobank participants. Eur Heart J Digit Health. 2023. doi:10.1093/ehjdh/ztad024.
https://academic.oup.com/ehjdh/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ehjdh/ztad024/7131479
https://ehtrust.org/new-study-cell-phone-calls-linked-with-increased-risk-of-high-blood-pressure/ Source: Environmental Health Trust
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