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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of 44 women enrolled in the BP study, compared to all women in the GRAPHS cohort

From: Ambulatory monitoring demonstrates an acute association between cookstove-related carbon monoxide and blood pressure in a Ghanaian cohort

 

ABPM group

HBPM group

All GRAPHS women

Number of participants enrolled

27

17

1414

Number of intervention participants

13

8

 

Improved biomass (BioLiteâ„¢) stove

5

0

 

Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) stove

8

8

 

Age (years)a

23.9 [6.5]

29.4 [8.4]

27.5 [7.1]

BMI (kg/m2)a

21.8 [1.8]

22.8 [3.1]

23.4 [3.2]

Gestational age (weeks, at enrollment)a

16.6 [4.3]

16.9 [4.8]

16.2 [4.4]

Pre-intervention mean CO exposure (ppm)a

1.43 [0.75]

1.12 [0.79]

1.76 [1.1]

Pre-intervention SBP (mmHg)a

106.9 [6.4]

100.6 [9.4]

105.5 [10.2]

Pre-intervention DBP (mmHg)a

62.6 [4.8]

65.8 [6.2]

63.2 [7.9]

  1. aContinuous variables reported as mean [SD]