Table 2.
Characteristic | Africa | Americas | Asia | Europe | Pooled Sample | ||||||
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OR a | (95% CI) a | OR a | (95% CI) a | OR a | (95% CI) a | OR a | (95% CI) a | OR a | (95% CI) a | ||
Household fuel used for cooking or heating | Gas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Electricity | 0.72 | 0.53–0.99 | 0.61 | 0.14–2.65 | 0.74 | 0.47–1.16 | 0.44 | 0.31–0.61 | 0.68 | 0.56–0.83 | |
Kerosene | 0.87 | 0.55–1.37 | n/a | n/a | 1.43 | 1.05–1.95 | 0.21 | 0.14–0.31 | 0.84 | 0.66–1.06 | |
Coal/charcoal | 1.08 | 0.84–1.39 | 1.42 | 0.82–2.46 | 0.61 | 0.48–0.79 | 0.67 | 0.28–1.59 | 0.80 | 0.66–0.97 | |
Wood | 1.68 | 1.37–2.05 | 0.86 | 0.65–1.14 | 0.91 | 0.73–1.13 | 0.10 | 0.65–1.53 | 1.14 | 0.97–1.33 | |
Agriculture/dung/shrubs/other | 1.81 | 1.06–3.09 | 1.24 | 0.57–2.73 | 1.30 | 1.01–1.67 | 1.01 | 0.33–3.12 | 1.65 | 1.30–2.09 | |
Mixed solid/liquid/gas/electricity | 1.55 | 1.15–2.07 | 1.46 | 0.94–2.27 | 1.08 | 0.79–1.49 | 0.91 | 0.69–1.20 | 1.31 | 1.09–1.56 | |
Mixed solid only | 1.99 | 1.50–2.65 | 4.08 | 1.55–10.75 | 1.14 | 0.58–2.25 | 1.06 | 0.20–5.73 | 1.59 | 1.12–2.25 | |
Mixed liquid/gas/electricity only | 1.17 | 0.73–1.87 | 2.12 | 1.13–3.98 | 0.73 | 0.50–1.07 | 0.59 | 0.41–0.86 | 0.94 | 0.69–1.28 | |
Household fuel used for cooking or heating (grouped) | Gas/electricity/kerosene | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Coal/charcoal/wood/agriculture/crop/shrub/grass | 1.83 | 1.52–2.21 | 0.96 | 0.73–1.25 | 0.88 | 0.74–1.05 | 1.14 | 0.77–1.70 | 1.15 | 1.01–1.31 | |
Mixed fuel use | 1.95 | 1.57–2.44 | 1.84 | 1.28–2.64 | 1.02 | 0.78–1.35 | 0.92 | 0.73–1.14 | 1.22 | 1.06–1.42 |
OR: odds ratio; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval; a Adjusted for age, BMI, marital status, highest level of education, smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity and diabetes.