Household Fuel Use and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality: Golestan Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Household air pollution is the third largest risk factor for global disease burden, but direct links with cardiovascular disease mortality are limited. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between household fuel use and cardiovascular disease mortality.

Methods and results

The Golestan Cohort Study in northeastern Iran enrolled 50 045 individuals 40 to 75 years of age between 2004 and 2008 and collected data on lifetime household fuel use and other baseline exposures. Participants were followed up through 2012 with a 99% successful follow-up rate. Cox proportional hazards models were fitted to calculate hazard ratios for associations between pehen (local dung), wood, kerosene/diesel, or natural gas burning for cooking and heating and all-cause and cause-s

SUBMITTER: Mitter SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4910632 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature