Association of a cleaner-burning stove with blood pressure in adults in rural Malawi.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hypertension is a leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and its association with household air pollution (HAP) in sub-Saharan Africa is understudied.

Main objective

To investigate the association between blood pressure (BP) and HAP exposure in a population-based cohort in rural Malawi.

Materials and methods

In the Chikwawa district, the site of a previous randomized controlled trial of a cleaner-burning cookstove intervention (the Cooking and Pneumonia Study or CAPS), we recruited 1,481 randomly selected adults. A subset (∼21%) were from participating households in CAPS. This cross-sectional analysis investigates associations of BP with stove type and, in a sample of participants, with particulate matter ≤ 2.5 μm diameter (PM2.5) and carbon monoxi

SUBMITTER: Bates MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11892808 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature