Finding F-1331

“Prevalence of COPD was higher among the elderly women (50 years), biomass users, women exposed to Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), women who spent 2 hours/day in the kitchen for cooking, and women who have been involved in cooking for more than 15 years.”

Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in rural women of Tamilnadu: implications for reﬁning disease burden assessments (2011). Global health action. Page 4. CKB 6730

Structure

Factor: Tobacco smoke (secondhand smoke)
Population: rural women, all non-smokers
Setting: home, IN
Study design: cross-sectional study of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among rural women of Tamil Nadu, India: a questionnaire on respiratory symptoms, cooking practices and household exposures with spirometry, aimed at refining the disease burden attributed to household biomass combustion (class 4)
Caveat: a stated direction without a number; the same sentence names age above 50, biomass use, two hours a day in the kitchen and years of cooking as the other groups with a higher prevalence; the sentence names age above 50 years, 2 hours a day in the kitchen and more than 15 years of cooking as the other groups

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