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Population Attributable Fraction of Gas Stoves and Childhood Asthma in the United States

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  • Talor Gruenwald

    (RMI, Carbon-Free Buildings, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
    Current address: Rewiring America, Washington, DC 20036, USA.)

  • Brady A. Seals

    (RMI, Carbon-Free Buildings, Boulder, CO 80301, USA)

  • Luke D. Knibbs

    (Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
    Public Health Unit, Sydney Local Health District, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia)

  • H. Dean Hosgood

    (Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA)

Abstract

Indoor gas stove use for cooking is associated with an increased risk of current asthma among children and is prevalent in 35% of households in the United States (US). The population-level implications of gas cooking are largely unrecognized. We quantified the population attributable fraction (PAF) for gas stove use and current childhood asthma in the US. Effect sizes previously reported by meta-analyses for current asthma (Odds Ratio = 1.34, 95% Confidence Interval (CI) = 1.12–1.57) were utilized in the PAF estimations. The proportion of children (<18 years old) exposed to gas stoves was obtained from the American Housing Survey for the US, and states with available data (n = 9). We found that 12.7% (95% CI = 6.3–19.3%) of current childhood asthma in the US is attributable to gas stove use. The proportion of childhood asthma that could be theoretically prevented if gas stove use was not present (e.g., state-specific PAFs) varied by state (Illinois = 21.1%; California = 20.1%; New York = 18.8%; Massachusetts = 15.4%; Pennsylvania = 13.5%). Our results quantify the US public health burden attributed to gas stove use and childhood asthma. Further research is needed to quantify the burden experienced at the county levels, as well as the impacts of implementing mitigation strategies through intervention studies.

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  • Talor Gruenwald & Brady A. Seals & Luke D. Knibbs & H. Dean Hosgood, 2022. "Population Attributable Fraction of Gas Stoves and Childhood Asthma in the United States," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(1), pages 1-4, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2022:i:1:p:75-:d:1010021
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    1. Funzani Rathogwa-Takalani & Thabelo Rodney Mudau & Sean Mark Patrick & Joyce Shirinde & Kuku Voyi, 2025. "Dietary Patterns in Relation to Asthma and Wheeze Among Adolescents in a South African Rural Community," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 22(4), pages 1-21, March.
    2. William N. Rom, 2023. "Annals of Education: Teaching Climate Change and Global Public Health," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 21(1), pages 1-16, December.

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