Liquefied Petroleum Gas or Biomass for Cooking and Effects on Blood Pressure: Results from the Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Exposure to household air pollution from burning coal and biomass for cooking is associated with higher blood pressure and other adverse indicators of cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death worldwide. Evidence demonstrating that switching from biomass to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) will reduce blood pressure is limited.

Methods

As part of a larger trial of 3200 households, we conducted a randomized trial of 342 women aged 40 to 79 years who lived in households using biomass for cooking in rural areas of Guatemala, India, Peru, and Rwanda to assess the effects of a free LPG stove and fuel intervention. Systolic blood pressure (one of four primary outcomes) was measured once prior to randomization and up to five times after randomization over 18 months

SUBMITTER: Peel JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12393639 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature