Indoor solid fuel use for cooking and the risk of incidental non-fatal cardiovascular disease among middle-aged and elderly Chinese adults: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The harm of indoor air pollution to health has gradually attracted attention, but the effect of indoor air pollution from burning solid fuels on incidental non-fatal cardiovascular disease (CVD) is not well understood. Under these circumstances, this study examined the association between solid fuel use and incidental non-fatal CVD.

Design

The prospective cohort study was conducted in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2018.

Setting

The nationally representative survey was conducted in 28 provinces of China.

Participants

This study included 13 544 middle-aged and elderly adults without CVD in the baseline survey, and they were followed for 7 years.

Outcome measures

First incidence of non-fatal CVD (heart disease or stroke).

Methods

Based on longitudi

SUBMITTER: Ji H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9114854 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature