Household fuel use and biomarkers of inflammation and respiratory illness among rural South African women.

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• Personal Author:
  Bornman RMS ; Brar S ; Dionisio KL ; Longnecker MP ; Misra A ; Travlos GS ; Whitworth KW
• Description:
  Though literature suggests a positive association between use of biomass fuel for cooking and inflammation, few studies among women in rural South Africa exist. We included 415 women from the South African Study of Women and Babies (SOWB), recruited from 2010 to 2011. We obtained demographics, general medical history and usual source of cooking fuel (wood, electricity) via baseline questionnaire. A nurse obtained height, weight, blood pressure, and blood samples. We measured plasma concentrations of a suite of inflammatory markers (e.g., interleukins, tumor necrosis factor-a, C-reactive protein). We assessed associations between cooking fuel and biomarkers of inflammation and respiratory symptoms/illness using crude and adjusted linear and logistic regression models. We found little evidence of an association between fuel-use and biomarkers of inflammation, pre-hypertension/hypertension, or respiratory illnesses. Though imprecise, we found 41% (95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.72-2.77) higher odds of self-reported wheezing/chest tightness among wood-users compared with electricity-users. Though studies among other populations report positive findings between biomass fuel use and inflammation, it is possible that women in the present study experience lower exposures to household air pollution given the cleaner burning nature of wood compared with other biomass fuels (e.g., coal, dung). [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Biomarkers Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular System Fuel Oils Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Women
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Biomass; Household Fuel; Biomarkers Of Inflammation; Respiratory Women; Fuels; Biomarkers; Respiratory System Disorders; Chronic Inflammation; Cooking Equipment; Hypertension;
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2018.05.016
• ISSN:
  0013-9351
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  112-116
• Volume:
  166
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065866
• Citation:
  Environ Res 2018 Oct; 166:112-116
• Contact Point Address:
  Kristina W Whitworth, UTHealth School of Public Health in San Antonio, 7411 John Smith Drive Suite 1100, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
• Email:
  Kristina.W.Whitworth@uth.tmc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Performing Organization:
  University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Environmental Research
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:376b20d25bcd4c1335f15959e0c3d0dbd598bd1f0e0323ea5fab8fc0ca6231d898dbd975f2cce36369e81fe1de02d9bc53ceb082695af51eb9bd679e592e6f4c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/248987/cdc_248987_DS1.pdf
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