Solid Fuel Use and Risks of Respiratory Diseases. A Cohort Study of 280,000 Chinese Never-Smokers.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Little evidence from large-scale cohort studies exists about the relationship of solid fuel use with hospitalization and mortality from major respiratory diseases.

Objectives

To examine the associations of solid fuel use and risks of acute and chronic respiratory diseases.

Methods

A cohort study of 277,838 Chinese never-smokers with no prior major chronic diseases at baseline. During 9 years of follow-up, 19,823 first hospitalization episodes or deaths from major respiratory diseases, including 10,553 chronic lower respiratory disease (CLRD), 4,398 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and 7,324 acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI), were recorded. Cox regression yielded adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) for disease risks associated with self-reported

SUBMITTER: Chan KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6363974 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature