Association of Solid Fuel Use With Risk of Cardiovascular and All-Cause Mortality in Rural China.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

When combusted indoors, solid fuels generate a large amount of pollutants such as fine particulate matter.

Objective

To assess the associations of solid fuel use for cooking and heating with cardiovascular and all-cause mortality.

Design, setting, and participants

This nationwide prospective cohort study recruited participants from 5 rural areas across China between June 2004 and July 2008; mortality follow-up was until January 1, 2014. A total of 271 217 adults without a self-reported history of physician-diagnosed cardiovascular disease at baseline were included, with a random subset (n = 10 892) participating in a resurvey after a mean interval of 2.7 years.

Exposures

Self-reported primary cooking and heating fuels (solid: coal, wood, or charcoal;

SUBMITTER: Yu K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5933384 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature