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Pulmonary tuberculosis is associated with biomass fuel use among rural women in Pakistan: An age- and residence-matched case-control study
Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health
  • Unaib Rabbani, Aga Khan University
  • Ambreen Sahito, Aga Khan University
  • Asaad Ahmed Nafees, Aga Khan University
  • Ambreen Kazi, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Zafar Fatmi, Aga Khan University
Publication Date
4-1-2017
Document Type
Article
Abstract

Facility-based, age- and residential area-matched case-control study was conducted in Sindh, Pakistan to determine association between biomass fuel use for cooking and pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). Cases were women with pulmonary TB, and controls were those suffering from other diseases. Current users of biomass fuel were at higher risk of pulmonary TB (adjusted matched odds ratio [mOR] = 3.0; 95% CI = 1.1-4.9) compared with nonusers. In comparison with former biomass users (women not using biomass for >10 years), recent biomass users (women who switched from biomass to nonbiomass ≤10 years ago), and current (lifetime) users were at a higher risk in a dose-response manner (adjusted mOR = 2.8, 95% CI = 0.9-8.2 and adjusted mOR = 3.9, 95% CI = 1.4-10.7, respectively). Population attributable fraction for TB related to biomass fuel use was 40.6% (95% CI = 35.5%-45.7%). This study strengthens the evidence that biomass fuel use for cooking is associated with pulmonary TB and risk increases with duration of exposure.

Citation Information
Unaib Rabbani, Ambreen Sahito, Asaad Ahmed Nafees, Ambreen Kazi, et al.. "Pulmonary tuberculosis is associated with biomass fuel use among rural women in Pakistan: An age- and residence-matched case-control study" Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health Vol. 29 Iss. 3 (2017) p. 211 - 218
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