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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants according to cooking fuels

From: Cooking or heating with solid fuels increased the all-cause mortality risk among mid-aged and elderly People in China

Characteristic

Cooking fuels

 

Clean fuels

Solid fuels

P -value

N

2272

587

 

Age(years)

59.10 ± 10.11

60.16 ± 10.61

0.025

BMI (kg/m 2 )

24.77 ± 4.33

24.65 ± 3.86

0.592

Gender, %

  

0.828

 Male

1066 (46.92%)

272 (46.42%)

 

 Female

1206 (53.08%)

314 (53.58%)

 

Ethnicity, %

  

< 0.001

 Other

130 (6.68%)

65 (12.65%)

 

 Han

1816 (93.32%)

449 (87.35%)

 

House area (m 2 )

  

0.108

 ≤ 120

1832 (81.17%)

452 (78.20%)

 

 > 120

425 (18.83%)

126 (21.80%)

 

Marry status, %

  

0.302

 Live with spouse

1921 (84.70%)

487 (82.96%)

 

 Live without spouse

347 (15.30%)

100 (17.04%)

 

Household annual income (yuan)

  

< 0.001

 ≤ 30,000

1189 (59.57%)

376 (75.65%)

 

 >30,000

807 (40.43%)

121 (24.35%)

 

Education level, %

  

< 0.001

 <Middle school

838 (37.03%)

363 (61.95%)

 

 ≥Middle school

1425 (62.97%)

223 (38.05%)

 

Medical insurance status, %

  

0.150

 No

197 (8.71%)

62 (10.63%)

 

 Yes

2065 (91.29%)

521 (89.37%)

 

Smoking status, %

  

0.020

 Never smoker

1461 (66.35%)

351 (61.69%)

 

 Ever smoker

212 (9.63%)

49 (8.61%)

 

 Current smoker

529 (24.02%)

169 (29.70%)

 

Drinking status, %

  

0.519

 Never drinker

1360 (60.15%)

362 (61.88%)

 

 Ever drinker

167 (7.39%)

47 (8.03%)

 

 Current drinker

734 (32.46%)

176 (30.09%)

 

Hypertension, %

  

0.916

 No

1144 (50.35%)

297 (50.60%)

 

 Yes

1128 (49.65%)

290 (49.40%)

 

Diabetes, %

  

0.971

 No

1983 (87.28%)

512 (87.22%)

 

 Yes

289 (12.72%)

75 (12.78%)

 
  1. Values were means ± SD or n (percentages)
  2. Values of polytomous variables may not sum to 100% due to rounding