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Table 2 Minimum and maximum duration of mobile phone use and changes in systolic and diastolic blood pressure and heart rate in participants based on the duration of mobile phone use

From: The association between self-reported mobile phone usage with blood pressure and heart rate: evidence from a cross-sectional study

Variables

Total

Min–Max*

Non-users

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

-P value for trend**

Population size, n (%)

8905 (100)

-

1515 (17.0)

1949 (21.8)

1733 (19.4)

1911 (21.4)

1797 (20.1)

-

Mean minute per da (min- max)

19.5 (0–330)

-

-

3.4 (0.5–6)

8.0 (6.5–10)

16.2 (10.5–22.5)

50.4 (23.5–330)

-

SBP (mmHg) (Mean ± SD)

Male

107.9 ± 15.5

101.2–139.9

113.3 ± 16.7

109.1 ± 16.1

107.8 ± 15.0

104.3 ± 11.3

101.5 ± 13.2

0.065

Female

104.2 ± 15.7

94.2–139.8

106.6 ± 17.3

105.5 ± 15.0

100.5 ± 14.8

96.2 ± 14.4

89.7 ± 12.5

 < 0.001

DBP (mmHg) (Mean ± SD)

Male

70.0. ± 9.9

68.9–89.4

73.5 ± 10.4

70.5 ± 9.7

68.7 ± 9.8

66.5 ± 10.0

64.8 ± 9.9

0.886

Female

67.8 ± 9.4

61.2–89.6

69.2 ± 10.1

68.2 ± 9.2

64.3 ± 9.1

61.1 ± 8.7

57.9 ± 9.1

 < 0.001

Heart rate (BPM) (Mean ± SD)

Male

72.2 ± 9.1

67.2–78.4

71.6 ± 8.8

73.2 ± 6.0

73.9 ± 9.3

74.1 ± 9.0

74.6 ± 7.0

0.955

Female

75.2 ± 9.8

73.3–89.6

74.9 ± 9.9

76.8 ± 8.0

75.9 ± 9.3

73.3 ± 9.7

71.8 ± 9.7

0.045

  1. Q Quartile, SBP Systolic blood pressure, DBP Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg Millimeters of mercury, BPM Beat per minute
  2. * Minimum and Maximum of blood pressure
  3. ** P-value was obtained by the Chi-square test for trend and P < 0.05 were considered as statistically significant