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Table 1 Pregnancy outcomes by primary cooking fuel a

From: Impact of biomass fuels on pregnancy outcomes in central East India

 

Birth weight (grams)

Low birth weight (<2500 grams)

Small for gestational age (birth weight <10%)

Stillbirth

Preterm delivery (<37 weeks)

Cow dung

2611 ± 403

5/14 (35.7%)

1/14 (7.1%)

1/15 (6.7%)

6/14 (42.9%)

Wood

2623 ± 429

286/1199 (23.9%)

71/1190 (6.0%)

50/1255 (4.0%)

390/1194 (32.7%)

Charcoal

2617 ± 376

36/125 (28.8%)

9/125 (7.2%)

2/127 (1.6%)

15/125 (12.0%)

Kerosene

2716 ± 277

3/20 (15.0%)

1/20 (5.0%)

2/22 (9.1%)

2/20 (10%)

Gas

2736 ± 409

48/253 (19.0%)

20/244 (8.2%)

0/253 (0%)

33/245 (13.5%)

  1. aFor birth weight outcomes, analyses limited to singleton live births with recorded birth weights. For stillbirths, all singleton births included. For preterm delivery, analyses limited to singleton live births with recorded Ballard examinations. Values represent n(%) or mean ± STD.