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BIOELECTROMAGNETICS
Volume 40, Issue 8, Pages 539-552Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/bem.22218
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statistics; Bayesian; epidemiology; non-ionizing radiation; electro-magnetic field (EMF); melatonin
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The present analysis revisits the impact of extremely low-frequency magnetic fields (ELF-MF) on melatonin (MLT) levels in human and rat subjects using both a parametric and non-parametric approach. In this analysis, we use 62 studies from review articles. The parametric approach consists of a Bayesian logistic regression (LR) analysis and the non-parametric approach consists of a Support Vector analysis, both of which are robust against spurious/false results. Both approaches reveal a unique well-ordered pattern, and show that human and rat studies are consistent with each other once the MF strength is restricted to cover the same range (with B less than or similar to 50 mu T). In addition, the data reveal that chronic exposure (longer than similar to 22 days) to ELF-MF appears to decrease MLT levels only when the MF strength is below a threshold of ~30 mu T (logBthr[mu T]=1.4-0.4+0.7), i.e., when the man-made ELF-MF intensity is below that of the static geomagnetic field. Studies reporting an association between ELF-MF and changes to MLT levels and the opposite (no association with ELF-MF) can be reconciled under a single framework. Bioelectromagnetics. 2019;40:539-552. (c) 2019 Bioelectromagnetics Society.
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