Finding F-1766

“There were statistically significant effects of non-electric sources for heating (adjusted OR = 3.6, 95% CI (confidence interval): 1.2–10.1, p < 0.05) and cooking (adjusted OR = 2.9, 95% CI: 1.1–7.9, p < 0.05) on prevalence of URTIs.”

Buthelezi et al. Household Fuel Use for Heating and Cooking and Respiratory Health in a Low-Income, South African Coastal Community (2019). International journal of environmental research and public health. Page 1. CKB 7470

Structure

Source: Cooking
Outcome: Respiratory infections
Setting: home, ZA
Study design: cross-sectional study of 245 households in South Africa: heating and cooking fuel recorded by questionnaire together with dwelling characteristics, and respiratory infections in the household reported over the preceding period (class 4)
Effect: OR 2.9 (1.1–7.9)
Caveat: the outcome is upper respiratory tract infection, for which the register has no separate slug; the exposure is the reported fuel, not a measurement

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