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. 2019 May 8;127(5):057003. doi: 10.1289/EHP3915

Table 1.

Characteristics of 91,350 individuals living in centers with >10% solid fuel use for cooking, stratified by urban/rural status and solid fuel use for cooking versus electricity or gas.

Characteristic All participants Urban (n=43,001) Rural (n=48,349)
Solid fuel Clean fuel Solid fuel Clean fuel
Individuals (n) 91,350 3,513 39,488 34,674 13,675
Households (n) 62,056 2,618 27,009 23,377 9,052
Communities (n) 467 137 210 254 199
Age (mean±SD) 50.2±10.0 50.5±10.4 51.2±10.0 49.3±10.0 49.4±9.7
Sex
 Female 53,758 (58.9) 2,266 (64.5) 23,493 (59.5) 20,038 (57.8) 7,961 (58.2)
 Male 37,592 (41.2) 1,247 (35.3) 15,995 (40.5) 14,636 (42.2) 5,714 (41.8)
INTERHEART risk score (mean±SD) 9.2±5.3 9.3±5.3 9.8±5.4 8.2±5.0 9.8±5.5
Education
Primary school 40,865 (44.70) 1,809 (51.5) 9,782 (24.8) 22,313 (64.4) 6,961 (50.9)
 Secondary school 37,785 (41.4) 1,390 (39.6) 19,120 (48.4) 11,364 (32.8) 5,911 (43.2)
 Trade, college/university 12,378 (13.6) 307 (8.7) 10,475 (26.5) 834 (2.4) 762 (5.6)
 Missing 322 (0.4) 7 (0.2) 111 (0.3) 163 (2.4) 41 (0.3)
Income spent on food (%)
<30 19,960 (21.9) 540 (15.4) 9,499 (24.1) 6,241 (18) 3,680 (26.9)
 30–50 22,854 (25.0) 845 (24.1) 11,997 (30.4) 6,944 (20.0) 3,068 (22.4)
 50–66 20,475 (22.4) 823 (23.4) 9,573 (24.2) 7,445 (21.5) 2,634 (19.3)
>66 24,334 (26.6) 1,222 (34.8) 7,067 (17.9) 12,784 (36.9) 3,261 (19.3)
 Missing 3,727 (4.1) 83 (2.4) 1,352 (3.4) 1,260 (3.6) 1,032 (7.6)
Household wealth index (tertile)
 T1 (lowest) 31,211 (34.2) 767 (21.8) 3,327 (8.4) 22,177 (64.0) 4,940 (36.1)
 T2 29,518 (32.3) 1,663 (47.3) 12,672 (32.1) 9,793 (28.2) 5,390 (39.4)
 T3 (highest) 30,550 (33.4) 1,081 (30.8) 23,452 (59.4) 2,673 (7.7) 3,344 (24.5)
 Missing 71 (0.1) 2 (0.1) 37 (0.1) 31 (0.1) 1 (0.0)
Smoking status
 Former 6,077 (6.7) 245 (7.0) 2,958 (7.5) 1,836 (5.3) 1,038 (7.6)
 Current 20,248 (22.2) 640 (18.2) 7,227 (18.3) 9,325 (26.9) 3,056 (22.4)
 Never 63,822 (69.9) 2,599 (74.0) 28,902 (73.2) 22,927 (66.1) 9,394 (68.7)
 Missing 1,203 (1.3) 29 (0.8) 401 (1.0) 586 (1.7) 187 (1.4)
Alcohol use
 Former 4,088 (4.5) 152 (4.3) 1,819 (4.6) 1,371 (4.0) 746 (5.5)
 Current 17,899 (19.6) 691 (19.7) 7,349 (18.6) 6,578 (19.0) 3,281 (24.0)
 Never 68,531 (75.0) 2,660 (75.7) 30,065 (76.1) 26,301 (75.9) 9,505 (69.5)
 Missing 832 (0.9) 10 (0.3) 255 (0.7) 424 (1.2) 143 (1.1)
BMI (kg/m3)
<20 13,326 (14.6) 524 (14.9) 2,830 (7.2) 8,569 (24.7) 1,403 (10.3)
 20–30 63,920 (70.0) 2,227 (63.4) 29,690 (75.2) 22,073 (63.7) 9,930 (72.6)
>30 9,592 (10.5) 582 (16.6) 5,361 (13.6) 1,980 (5.7) 1,669 (12.2)
 Missing 4,512 (4.9) 180 (5.1) 1,607 (4.1) 2,052 (5.9) 673 (4.9)
Physical activity
 Low 14,896 (16.3) 568 (16.2) 7,234 (18.3) 4,978 (14.4) 2,116 (15.5)
 Moderate 32,316 (35.4) 1,111 (31.6) 15,949 (40.4) 10,894 (31.4) 4,362 (31.9)
 High 38,178 (41.8) 1,636 (46.6) 14,847 (37.6) 15,955 (46.0) 5,740 (42.0)
 Missing 5,960 (6.5) 198 (5.6) 1,458 (3.7) 2,847 (8.2) 1,457 (10.7)
Alternative Healthy Eating Index (quartile)
 Q1 21,752 (23.8) 1,040 (29.6) 7,668 (19.4) 9,516 (27.4) 3,528 (25.8)
 Q2 21,241 (23.3) 905 (25.8) 8,794 (22.3) 8,304 (24.0) 3,238 (23.7)
 Q3 21,848 (23.9) 768 (21.9) 9,904 (25.1) 8,083 (23.3) 3,093 (22.6)
 Q4 22,288 (24.4) 299 (17.1) 11,115 (28.2) 7,361 (21.2) 3,213 (23.5)
 Missing 4,221 (4.6) 201 (5.7) 2,007 (5.1) 1,410 (4.1) 603 (4.4)
Chronic conditiona
 Yes 14,597 (16.0) 633 (18.0) 7,617 (19.3) 4,359 (12.6) 1,988 (14.5)
 No 76,753 (84.0) 2,880 (82.0) 31,871 (80.7) 30,315 (87.4) 11,687 (85.5)
Hypertension
 Yes 34,414 (37.7) 1,338 (38.1) 16,191 (41.0) 11,345 (32.7) 5,540 (40.5)
 No 52,464 (57.4) 1,989 (56.6) 21,722 (55.0) 21,218 (61.2) 7,535 (55.1)
 Missing 4,472 (4.9) 186 (5.3) 1,575 (4.0) 2,111 (6.1) 600 (4.4)
CVD medication use
 Yes 11,526 (12.6) 392 (11.2) 6,594 (16.7) 2,592 (7.5) 1,948 (14.2)
 No 79,824 (87.4) 3,121 (88.8) 32,894 (83.3) 32,082 (92.5) 11,727 (85.8)
Outdoor PM2.5 (μg/m3; mean±SD) 42.9±24.9 37.9±24.8 50.7±25.9 37.3±21.3 35.7±23.6
Region/country (%)
 China 43,278 (47.4%) 762 (21.7%) 19,331 (49.0%) 16,884 (48.7%) 6,301 (46.1%)
 South Asiab 28,406 (31.1%) 1,599 (45.5%) 11,396 (28.9%) 12,473 (36.0%) 2,938 (21.5%)
 Otherc 19,666 (21.5%) 1,152 (32.8%) 8,761 (22.2%) 5,317 (15.3%) 4,436 (32.4%)
a

Chronic conditions include baseline CVD, diabetes, respiratory disease, and HIV/AIDS.

b

Pakistan, India, Bangladesh.

c

Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Philippines, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe.