PMID- 33511265
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20240330
IS  - 2352-8273 (Print)
IS  - 2352-8273 (Electronic)
IS  - 2352-8273 (Linking)
VI  - 13
DP  - 2021 Mar
TI  - Understanding the association between gradient of cooking fuels and low birth 
      weight in India.
PG  - 100732
LID - 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100732 [doi]
LID - 100732
AB  - BACKGROUND: Birth weight is positively associated with physical and cognitive 
      development of children and adversely associated with the use of unclean cooking 
      fuels. Though studies have examined the contextual determinants of birth weight, 
      no attempt has been made to understand the association of gradient of cooking 
      fuels with birth weight in India. The objective of this paper is to understand 
      the association of type of cooking fuel with low birth weight in India. METHODS: 
      Unit data from the fourth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 
      (2015-16), covering 8206 singleton births from four states of India, was used in 
      the analysis. These states reported more than 80% of birth weights by way of 
      health cards issued by a public authority. Linear regression analysis was used to 
      estimate mean birth weight, adjusting for confounders. We computed a new wealth 
      index, excluding electricity and cooking fuels, using principal component 
      analysis to capture the economic gradient of cooking fuel. RESULTS: Our results 
      suggest a strong gradient of cooking fuels on mean birth weight. The adjusted 
      mean birth weight in households using electricity was 2957 g (95% CI: 2939-2975). 
      It was 2908 g (95% CI: 2907-2910) for LPG, 2792 g (95% CI: 2784-2801) for biogas, 
      2819 g (95% CI: 2809-2829) for kerosene, 2841 g (95% CI: 2816-2866) for 
      coal/lignite/charcoal, and 2834 g (95% CI: 2831-2836) in households using 
      biomass. A difference of 165 g in predicted mean birth weight was found among 
      children born in households that used electricity in relation to those that used 
      biogas. The difference in relation to kerosene, coal/lignite/charcoal, and 
      biomass was 138 g, 116 g, and 123 g respectively. Significant differences in mean 
      birth weight were also observed by wealth quintiles, mother's underweight, social 
      groups, birth interval, and mother's anemia status. CONCLUSION: Findings from the 
      study suggest to strengthen the policies on access to clean fuels and meet the 
      interconnected goals of sustainable development.
CI  - (c) 2021 The Authors.
FAU - Islam, Samarul
AU  - Islam S
AD  - International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, India.
FAU - Mohanty, Sanjay K
AU  - Mohanty SK
AD  - International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, India.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20210112
PL  - England
TA  - SSM Popul Health
JT  - SSM - population health
JID - 101678841
PMC - PMC7815993
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Adverse birth outcome
OT  - Biomass
OT  - Clean fuels
OT  - Exposure effects
OT  - India
OT  - Pregnancy outcomes
COIS- The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
EDAT- 2021/01/30 06:00
MHDA- 2021/01/30 06:01
PMCR- 2021/01/12
CRDT- 2021/01/29 05:57
PHST- 2020/09/22 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/11/14 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/12/20 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/01/29 05:57 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/01/30 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/01/30 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2021/01/12 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S2352-8273(21)00007-0 [pii]
AID - 100732 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100732 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - SSM Popul Health. 2021 Jan 12;13:100732. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100732. 
      eCollection 2021 Mar.