Household use of polluting cooking fuels and late-life cognitive function: A harmonized analysis of India, Mexico, and China.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Exposure to high levels of air pollution is associated with poor health, including worse cognitive function. Whereas many studies of cognition have assessed outdoor air pollution, we evaluate how exposure to air pollution from combustion of polluting household fuels relates with cognitive function using harmonized data from India, Mexico, and China.

Materials & methods

We analyze adults age 50+ in three nationally representative studies of aging with common data collection methods: the 2017-2019 Longitudinal Aging Study in India (n = 50,532), 2015 Mexican Health and Aging Study (n = 12,883), and 2013 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (n = 12,913). Use of polluting fuels was assessed by self-report of wood, coal, kerosene, crop residue, or dung for c

SUBMITTER: Saenz JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8380666 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature