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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2021 Mar 3;31(4):683–698. doi: 10.1038/s41370-021-00309-5

Table 4.

Summary of personal exposure after intervention.

N Control (median, IQR) Improved Biomass (median, IQR) Intervention effect1 (Percent, 95% CI) LPG (median, IQR) Intervention effect1 (Percent, 95% CI)
Mother CO (ppm) All 4652 0.82 (0.37 – 1.65 0.74 (0.33 – 1.47) 10 (−18,−1) 0.52 (0.20 – 1.16) −42 (−48,−35)
Harmattan 1894 0.76 (0.33 – 1.69) 0.78 (0.32 – 1.58) −3 (−17,12) 0.56 (0.20 – 1.23) −35 (−45,−22)
Non-Harmattan 2758 0.86 (0.38 – 1.61) 0.73 (0.34 – 1.41) −16 (−25,−5) 0.49 (0.19 – 1.07) −47 (−53,−39)
Child CO (ppm) All 1903 0.48 (0.17 – 1.23) 0.51 (0.17 – 1.10) −6 (−21,11) 0.39 (0.12 – 0.94) −22 (−35,−6)
Harmattan 598 0.47 (0.16 – 1.21) 0.39 (0.12 – 1.01) −16 (−37,14) 0.38 (0.14 – 0.94) −5 (−33,33)
Non-Harmattan 1303 0.48 (0.18 – 1.27) 0.56 (0.21 – 1.13) −1 (−19,21) 0.42 (0.12 – 0.94) −28 (−42,−11)
Mother PM2.5 (μg/m³) All 1379 67 (46 – 97) 67 (44 – 94) −4 (−12,3) 45 (32 – 65) −32 (−38,−26)
Harmattan 365 80 (57 – 106) 78 (59 – 99) 1 (−12,11) 72 (56 – 96) −11 (−22,1)
Non-Harmattan 1014 63 (41 – 87) 61 (40 – 90) −2 (−11,7) 38 (29 – 53) −37 (−43,−31)
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Estimates are derived from the models described in Equation 1 for Improved Biomass or LPG, respectively. Estimates refer to the percent difference in mean exposure across the study arm during the post-intervention period.