Household heating associated with disability in activities of daily living among Chinese middle-aged and elderly: a longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The health hazards of indoor air pollution are well-established but studies of the health effects due to pollution from heating are rare. This study investigated the association of heating and disability for activities of daily living among Chinese middle-aged and elderly.

Methods

We used two consecutive surveys in a cohort of over 17,000 adults aged 45 or older, who were interviewed first in 2011-2012 and then in 2013. In these surveys, taking advantage of random survey time, we applied a random effects logit regression model that included an interaction between pollution-producing heating fuel and a dummy variable, which measured interview time based on whether or not it was heating season.

Results

Exposure to pollution-producing heating fuel was associat

SUBMITTER: Wang Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7487906 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature