Residential Wood Burning and Pulmonary Function in the Agricultural Lung Health Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In low- and middle-income countries, burning biomass indoors for cooking or heating has been associated with poorer lung function. In high-income countries, wood, a form of biomass, is commonly used for heating in rural areas with increasing prevalence. However, in these settings the potential impact of chronic indoor woodsmoke exposure on pulmonary function is little studied.

Objective

We evaluated the association of residential wood burning with pulmonary function in case-control study of asthma nested within a U.S. rural cohort.

Methods

Using sample weighted multivariable linear regression, we estimated associations between some and frequent wood burning, both relative to no exposure, in relation to forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1), forced vital ca

SUBMITTER: White JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9406613 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature