Effect of Mobile Phone Usage During Pregnancy on Total Oxidant and Antioxidant Levels in Cord Blood/Gebelikte Cep Telefonu Kullaniminin Kord Kaninda Total Oksidan ve Antioksidan Madde Duzeyleri Uzerine Etkisi

Objective: Although cell phones are considered to have non-ionizing radiation, they have many adverse health effect. Non-ionizing radiation causes oxidant stress when the balance between the production of free oxygen radicals and their elimination by antioxidants is disrupted. The effects of mobile phone usage during pregnancy on the growing fetus is an important problem that needs to be resolved. We aimed to investigate the effects of using mobile phone during pregnancy on cord blood oxidant-antioxidant levels. Method: Cell phone usage features of 67 healthy pregnant women without additional risk factors were recorded. Total antioxidant status, total oxidant status (TOS), ischemia modified albumin (IMA), total thiol, native thiol, disulfide levels and disulfide/total thiol, disulfide/native thiol, native thiol/total thiol ratios evaluated in umblical cord blood. Results: A negative correlation was found between daily talking duration by mobile phone and IMA levels; a positive correlation was found between daily talking duration and native thiol, total thiol levels (p