Baseline associations between household air pollution exposure and blood pressure among pregnant women in the Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) multi-country randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: Cooking and heating using solid fuels can result in dangerous levels of exposure to household air pollution (HAP). HAPIN is an ongoing randomized controlled trial assessing the impact of a liquified petroleum gas stove and fuel intervention on HAP exposure and health in Guatemala, India, Peru, and Rwanda among households that rely primarily on solid cooking fuels. Given the potential impacts of HAP exposure on cardiovascular outcomes during pregnancy, we seek to characterize the relationship between personal exposures to HAP and blood pressure among pregnant women at baseline (prior to intervention) in the study. We assessed associations between PM_2.5 (particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter ≤2.5 μm), BC (black carbon), and CO (carbon monoxide) exposures and blood pressu

SUBMITTER: Ye W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9901046 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature