Association between mobile phone use and risk of rheumatoid arthritis: A large prospective cohort study

Shaoguang Ren; Peng Gao; Sitong Wei; Yang Cui; Dongqing Ye; Xinyu Fang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0347330

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Association between mobile phone use and risk of rheumatoid arthritis: A large prospective cohort study

Shaoguang Ren,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China, Inflammation and Immune Mediated Diseases Laboratory of Anhui Province, Hefei, Anhui, China
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Peng Gao,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Public Health, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Hefei, Anhui, China
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Sitong Wei,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China, Inflammation and Immune Mediated Diseases Laboratory of Anhui Province, Hefei, Anhui, China
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Yang Cui,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China, Inflammation and Immune Mediated Diseases Laboratory of Anhui Province, Hefei, Anhui, China
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Dongqing Ye ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: anhuiydq@126.com (DY), xinyufang@ahmu.edu.cn (XF)

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China, Inflammation and Immune Mediated Diseases Laboratory of Anhui Province, Hefei, Anhui, China, School of Public Health, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Hefei, Anhui, China
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Xinyu Fang

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: anhuiydq@126.com (DY), xinyufang@ahmu.edu.cn (XF)

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China, Inflammation and Immune Mediated Diseases Laboratory of Anhui Province, Hefei, Anhui, China

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8004-5182

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Association between mobile phone use and risk of rheumatoid arthritis: A large prospective cohort study

Shaoguang Ren,
Peng Gao,
Sitong Wei,
Yang Cui,
Dongqing Ye,
Xinyu Fang

Published: May 22, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0347330

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