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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Int. 2023 Aug 1;178:108128. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.108128

Table 3.

The association between wood-burning fireplace and/or stove presence and usage and incident lung cancer, stratified by smoking status1

Never smoker
Ever (current or former) smoker
N cases HRadj 95% CI p-trend N cases HRadj 95% CI p-trend


Presence of wood-burning stove/fireplace
 No (ref) 6 -- --- 107 1.00 ---
 Yes 52 -- -- 167 1.14 0.89 - 1.48

Used wood as a source of fuel
 No (ref) 28 1.00 --- 154 1.00 ---
 Yes 30 1.62 0.95 - 2.75 120 1.38 1.08 - 1.77

Annual wood-burning fireplace/stove use
 No fireplace/stove or zero use (ref) 20 1.00 --- 0.08 135 1.00 --- 0.003
 1-29 days used/year 21 1.64 0.87 - 3.10 63 0.99 0.73 – 1.35
 At least 1 month used/year 17 1.99 1.02 – 3.89 76 1.54 1.15 – 2.07
1

Adjusted for race/ethnicity (NH black, NH white, Hispanic/other), education (HS or less, some college, Bachelors or above), urban status at longest-lived residence (urban, suburban, rural/small town), marital status (single, married, previously married), income status (<$50,000, $50,000-$99,999, $100,000+), total years exposed to environmental tobacco smoke P-for-heterogeneity (used wood as fuel source) = 0.64; p-for-heterogeneity (annual wood-burning fireplace/stove usage) = 0.40