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Effects of man-made electromagnetic fields on heart rate variability parameters of general public: a systematic review and meta-analysis of experimental studies

  • Mahsa Mansourian EMAIL logo , Hamidreza Marateb , Rasool Nouri and Marjan Mansourian
Published/Copyright: May 18, 2023
Reviews on Environmental Health
From the journal Reviews on Environmental Health Volume 39 Issue 3

Abstract

Objectives

The effects of man-made electromagnetic fields (EMFs) on the cardiovascular system have been investigated in many studies. In this regard, the cardiac autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity due to EMFs exposure, assessed by heart rate variability (HRV), was targeted in some studies. The studies investigating the relationship between EMFs and HRV have yielded conflicting results. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the data’s consistency and identify the association between EMFs and HRV measures.

Content

Published literature from four electronic databases, including Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, Embase, and Cochrane, were retrieved and screened. Initially, 1601 articles were retrieved. After the screening, 15 original studies were eligible to be included in the meta-analysis. The studies evaluated the association between EMFs and SDNN (standard deviation of NN intervals), SDANN (Standard deviation of the average NN intervals for each 5 min segment of a 24 h HRV recording), and PNN50 (percentage of successive RR intervals that differ by more than 50 ms).

Summary

There was a decrease in SDNN (ES=−0.227 [−0.389, −0.065], p=0.006), SDANN (ES=−0.526 [−1.001, −0.05], p=0.03) and PNN50 (ES=−0.287 [−0.549, −0.024]). However, there was no significant difference in LF (ES=0.061 (−0.267, 0.39), p=0.714) and HF (ES=−0.134 (0.581, 0.312), p=0.556). In addition, a significant difference was not observed in LF/HF (ES=0.079 (−0.191, 0.348), p=0.566).

Outlook

Our meta-analysis suggests that exposure to the environmental artificial EMFs could significantly correlate with SDNN, SDANN, and PNN50 indices. Therefore, lifestyle modification is essential in using the devices that emit EMs, such as cell phones, to decrease some signs and symptoms due to EMFs’ effect on HRV.

Keywords: electromagnetic fields; heart rate variability; meta-analysis
Corresponding author: Mahsa Mansourian, Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran, E-mail:

Funding source: Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

Award Identifier / Grant number: 140130

  1. Research funding: This study was funded by Isfahan University of Medical Sciences [grant number: 140130].

  2. Author contributions: All authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.

  3. Competing interests: Authors state no conflict of interest.

  4. Informed consent: Informed consent is not applicable.

  5. Ethical approval: This study was approved by Research Ethics Committee of the “Alzahra Research Centers”.

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Received: 2022-09-26
Accepted: 2023-04-17
Published Online: 2023-05-18
Published in Print: 2024-09-25

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https://doi.org/10.1515/reveh-2022-0191
Keywords for this article
electromagnetic fields; heart rate variability; meta-analysis

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  8. Health effects of air pollutant mixtures (volatile organic compounds, particulate matter, sulfur and nitrogen oxides) – a review of the literature
  9. Status and frontier analysis of indoor PM2.5-related health effects: a bibliometric analysis
  10. Relationship between parental exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields and primarily hematopoietic neoplasms (lymphoma, leukemia) and tumors in the central nervous system in children: a systematic review
  11. Blood and hair copper levels in childhood autism spectrum disorder: a meta-analysis based on case-control studies
  12. Cellular and molecular effects of non-ionizing electromagnetic fields
  13. Benzo (a) pyrene in infant foods: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and health risk assessment
  14. Relationship between exposure to heavy metals on the increased health risk and carcinogenicity of urinary tract (kidney and bladder)
  15. The nexus between economic growth, health expenditure, environmental quality: a comparative study for E7 countries
  16. Potentially toxic elements in the environment – a review of sources, sinks, pathways and mitigation measures
  17. Assessment of medical waste generation rate in Viet Nam
  18. A scoping review of waterborne and water-related disease in the Florida environment from 1999 to 2022
  19. Effects of man-made electromagnetic fields on heart rate variability parameters of general public: a systematic review and meta-analysis of experimental studies
  20. Letter to the Editor
  21. Environmental perspectives of monkeypox virus: correspondence
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