Provision of a liquefied petroleum gas cookstove and fuel during pregnancy and infancy and linear growth trajectories between birth and 12 months: Evidence from the multi-center Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) trial.

ABSTRACT: Exposure to particulate pollution from cooking with solid biomass fuels is associated with impaired child linear growth. We examined the effect of a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cookstove randomized controlled trial during pregnancy and infancy on linear growth trajectories among infants born to women enrolled during pregnancy. The Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) randomized controlled trial enrolled 3195 pregnant women (9 to <20 weeks' gestation) from rural areas in Guatemala, Peru, India, and Rwanda who relied primarily on biomass fuels for cooking. Women in the intervention group received an LPG cookstove and fuel for approximately eighteen months, while those in the control group continued to use biomass for cooking. We measured the infants' recumbent length at bir

SUBMITTER: Sivalogan K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12755731 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature