Household air pollution exposure and risk of tuberculosis: a case-control study of women in Lilongwe, Malawi.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Globally, 3-4 billion people rely on solid fuels for cooking, and 1 billion use kerosene to light their homes. While household air pollution (HAP) emitted from burning these fuels has well-established links to numerous health outcomes, the relationship between active tuberculosis (TB) and HAP exposure remains inconclusive.

Methods

We explore the association between HAP exposure and TB among adult women in Lilongwe's high-density suburbs using hospital and community-based health data, objectively measured exposure to HAP, and sociodemographic data controlling for individual, household and community-level confounders. Only one other study combines public health, exposure and sociodemographic data to explore the association between HAP and TB. We report results fro

SUBMITTER: Jagger P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11812790 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature