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Table 3 Type of stove used, location, and ventilation among those who used solid fuel for cooking

From: Indoor solid fuel use and tuberculosis in China: a matched case-control study

 

Case

Control

Total

149 (100%)

293 (100%)

Type of stove used for cooking

  

   Open fire

0

0

   Surrounded fire

5 (3.4%)

9 (3.1%)

   Improved single-pot stove

4 (2.7%)

5 (1.7%)

   Improved multiple-pot stove

0

1(0.3%)

   Griddle stove

127 (85.2%)

254 (86.7%)

   Unknown

13 (8.2%)

24 (7.4%)

Smoke removed by hood or chimney

  

   Yes

137 (92.0%)

272 (92.8%)

   No

11(7.4%)

17 (5.8%)

   Unknown

1 (0.7%)

4(1.4%)

Location of cooking

  

   In a room used for living / sleeping

6 (4.0%)

5 (1.7%)

   In a separate room

37(24.8%)

82 (28.0%)

   In a separate building

101 (67.8%)

198 (67.6%)

   Outdoors

1 (0.7%)

1 (0.3%)

   Unknown

4 (2.7%)

7 (2.4%)

Ventilation at location of cooking

  

   Closed room

5(3.4%)

4(1.4%)

   Room with eaves spaces

11(7.4%)

43(14.7%)

   Room with open windows / doors

100(67.1%)

169(57.7%)

   Room with 3 or fewer walls

3 (2.0%)

7 (2.4%)

   Other

4(2.7%)

9(3.1%)

   Unknown

26(17.5%)

61(20.8%)