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. 2017 Jun;29(2):160–165. doi: 10.4314/mmj.v29i2.16

Table 1.

Study characteristics based on cooking fuel type

Characteristics High-pollution fuel
(N = 9021)
% (95 % CI)
Low-pollution fuel
(N = 103)
% (95 % CI)
Child gender
Male 50.1 52.9
Female 49.9 47.1
Birth order
1 19.9 37.9
2 19.7 35.6
3 17.2 14.3
4+ 41.4 12.1
Size at birth
Below average 12.5 8.7
Average+ 87.4 91.2
Low birthweight(< 2500g) 10.1 13.5
Maternal education
None 13.2 1.6
Primary 66.7 12.2
Secondary 19.2 46.7
Higher 0.7 39.9
Maternal religion
Christian 86.1 92.1
Non-Christian 14.0 7.8
Wealth Index
1st quintile 18.1 -
2nd quintile 19.6 -
3rd quintile 20.9 -
4th quintile 20.5 0.53
5th quintile 20.8 99.5
Residence
Urban 17.4 90.8
Rural 82.5 9.1

Mean (standard
error)
Mean (standard
error)

Maternal age (years) 18.4 (0.1) 22.1 (0.4)
Maternal BMI (kg/m2) 24.4 (0.2) 26.2 (1.4)
Birthweight (g) 3260.3 (72.3) 3286.9 (10.7)

BMI = body mass index