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Table 3 Association of cooking fuel types with cognitive impairment stratified by participant characteristics

From: Association between biomass fuel use and the risk of cognitive impairment among older populations in China: a population-based cohort study

Subgroup

Biomass fuel

Adjusted HR (95% CI)

Others

Adjusted HR (95% CI)

P-value for interaction

All

1.27 (1.02, 1.58)

1.82 (1.23, 2.69)

 

Sex

  

0.207

 Male

1.26 (0.87, 1.83)

3.37 (1.72, 6.60)

 

 Female

1.16 (0.87, 2.30)

1.39 (0.84, 2.30)

 

Education

  

0.604

 No school

1.08 (0.83, 1.42)

1.66 (1.05, 2.62)

 

 1 year or more

1.54 (1.01, 5.53)

2.46 (1.10, 5.53)

 

Residence

  

0.001

 Urban

0.82 (0.55, 1.22)

1.53 (0.87, 2.68)

 

 Rural

1.44 (1.08, 3.90)

2.19 (1.23, 3.90)

 

Household income CNY

  

0.197

  < 10,000

1.52 (1.04, 2.21)

2.12 (1.05, 4.25)

 

 10,001–30,000

0.96 (0.61, 3.47)

1.67 (0.80, 3.47)

 

  > 30,000

0.99 (0.66, 1.51)

1.40 (0.71, 2.77)

 

Smoking status

  

0.001

 Non-smoker

1.33 (1.04, 1.71)

1.46 (0.91, 2.35)

 

 Smoker

0.66 (0.38, 8.58)

3.97 (1.84, 8.58)

 

Drinking status

  

0.078

 Non-drinker

1.19 (0.93, 1.53)

1.64 (1.06, 2.53)

 

 Drinker

0.96 (0.56, 9.41)

3.48 (1.28, 9.41)

 

Regular exercise

  

0.876

 Yes

1.28 (0.77, 2.12)

1.63 (0.78, 3.39)

 

 No

1.18 (0.91, 2.77)

1.72 (1.07, 2.77)

 

Ventilation of the kitchen when cooking at home

  

0.826

 no ventilation

0.74 (0.32, 1.69)

1.46 (0.42, 5.04)

 

 kitchen ventilation or fan

0.88 (0.55, 3.45)

1.07 (0.33, 3.45)

 

 by opening window

1.27 (0.93, 1.72)

1.86 (1.12, 3.10)

 

 unknown

0.56 (0.14, 2.25)

1.64 (0.27, 9.93)

 

Fresh fruit

  

0.352

 Almost or quite often

0.93 (0.63, 1.38)

1.24 (0.64, 2.41)

 

 Occasionally

1.19 (0.82, 4.27)

2.22 (1.15, 4.27)

 

 Rarely or never

1.68 (1.08, 2.61)

1.82 (0.75, 4.43)

 

Limited in activities because of health problems during the last six months

  

0.449

 Yes

0.78 (0.51, 1.20)

1.23 (0.59, 2.58)

 

 No

1.42 (1.09, 3.50)

2.18 (1.36, 3.50)

 

Diabetes

  

0.006

 Yes

3.33 (0.73, 15.19)

1.09 (0.18, 6.50)

 

 No

1.18 (0.93, 2.70)

1.76 (1.15, 2.70)

 

 Unknown

1.19 (0.33, 4.33)

3.00 (0.44, 20.68)

 

Heart diseases

  

0.174

 Yes

0.66 (0.26, 1.67)

1.99 (0.72, 5.46)

 

 No

1.25 (0.98, 2.55)

1.62 (1.03, 2.55)

 

 Unknown

1.02 (0.26, 4.03)

4.20 (0.48, 36.67)

 

Stroke

  

0.077

 Yes

0.82 (0.30, 2.20)

0.40 (0.08, 1.86)

 

 No

1.20 (0.95, 2.81)

1.84 (1.20, 2.81)

 

 Unknown

3.14 (0.67, 14.65)

101.82 (6.25, 1659.95)