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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of participants according to heating fuels

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

Characteristic

Heating fuels

 

Clean fuels

Solid fuels

P -value

N

1848

1011

 

Age(years)

59.34 ± 10.27

59.29 ± 10.13

0.902

BMI (kg/m 2 )

24.85 ± 4.44

24.58 ± 3.89

0.147

Gender, %

  

0.928

 Male

864 (46.75%)

474 (46.93%)

 

 Female

984 (53.25%)

536 (53.07%)

 

Ethnicity, %

  

< 0.001

 Other

88 (5.64%)

107 (11.88%)

 

 Han

1471 (94.36%)

794 (88.12%)

 

House area (m 2 )

  

0.042

 ≤ 120

1502 (81.67%)

782 (78.51%)

 

 > 120

337 (18.33%)

214 (21.49%)

 

Marry status, %

  

0.77

 Live with spouse

1558 (84.49%)

850 (84.08%)

 

 Live without spouse

286 (15.51%)

161 (15.92%)

 

Household annual income (yuan)

  

< 0.001

 ≤ 30,000

956 (58.12%)

609 (71.82%)

 

 >30,000

689 (41.88%)

239 (28.18%)

 

Education level, %

  

< 0.001

 <Middle school

641 (34.86%)

560 (55.45%)

 

 ≥Middle school

1198 (65.14%)

450 (44.55%)

 

Medical insurance status, %

  

< 0.001

 No

134 (7.29%)

125 (12.41%)

 

 Yes

1704 (92.71%)

882 (87.59%)

 

Smoking status, %

  

0.005

 Never smoker

1200 (67.08%)

612 (62.32%)

 

 Ever smoker

174 (9.73%)

87 (8.86%)

 

 Current smoker

415 (23.20%)

283 (28.82%)

 

Drinking status, %

  

0.119

 Never drinker

1102 (59.99%)

620 (61.45%)

 

 Ever drinker

152 (8.27%)

62 (6.14%)

 

 Current drinker

583 (31.74%)

327 (32.41%)

 

Hypertension, %

  

0.965

 No

932 (50.43%)

509 (50.35%)

 

 Yes

916 (49.57%)

502 (49.65%)

 

Diabetes, %

  

0.228

 No

1623 (87.82%)

872 (86.25%)

 

 Yes

225 (12.18%)

139 (13.75%)

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