Chronic bronchitis and airflow obstruction is associated with household cooking fuel use among never-smoking women: a community-based cross-sectional study in Odisha, India

Table 2 Prevalence of self-reported respiratory symptoms among respondents stratified by household fuel use

Respiratory symptoms^a	All Participants (N = 1120)	Liquefied petroleum gas user (n = 344)	Mixed fuel user (n = 203)	Solid biomass fuel user (n = 573)	p-value
Wheeze	114 (10.18)	22 (6.40)	19 (9.36)	73 (12.74)	0.008
Cough at night	138 (12.32)	43 (12.50)	21 (10.34)	74 (12.91)	0.628
Cough in morning	179 (15.98)	55 (15.99)	29 (14.29)	95 (16.58)	0.746
Phlegm in morning	191 (17.05)	57 (16.57)	30 (14.78)	104 (18.15)	0.525
Chronic bronchitis^b	82 (7.32)	15 (4.36)	17 (8.37)	50 (8.73)	0.040
Morning breathlessness	189 (16.88)	48 (13.95)	42 (20.69)	99 (17.28)	0.119
Breathlessness on exertion	172 (15.36)	49 (14.24)	38 (18.72)	85 (14.83)	0.331
Chest tightness on dust exposure	206 (18.39)	55 (15.99)	33 (16.26)	118 (20.59)	0.150
Physician diagnosed asthma^c	59 (5.27)	12 (3.49)	13 (6.40)	34 (5.93)	0.200

^aValues reported in table are n (%)
^bChronic bronchitis: cough with phlegm for more than 3 months in a year for 2 or more consecutive years
^cPhysician-diagnosed asthma was defined as participants had been diagnosed with asthma and use of anti-asthmatic medication

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