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ArticleThe Science of the total environment2020

Depression in the house: The effects of household air pollution from solid fuel use among the middle-aged and older population in China.

Yan Liu, Xi Chen, Zhijun Yan

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Article in The Science of the total environment, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Yan LiuSchool of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China; Department of Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, United States.
Xi ChenDepartment of Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, United States; Department of Economics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States.
Zhijun YanSchool of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China; Sustainable Development Research Institute for Economy and Society of Beijing, Beijing, China. Electronic address: zhijunyan@bit.edu.cn.
Beijing Institute of Technology · CNYale University · US

Funding

Yale Study Support Suite (YES3): Dashboard and Web Portal Software Supporting Research Workflow through integrated, customizable REDCap External ModulesP30AG021342 · NIA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Denise Esserman · 2002 to 2026
$37.9M
Social Pension, Health, and Healthy AgingK01AG053408 · NIA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI CHEN, XI · 2018 to 2021
$514k
Old-Age Pension, Household Behavior Change and the Well-being of the EderlyR03AG048920 · NIA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI CHEN, XI · 2014 to 2015
$328k
NIA NIH HHS K01 AG053408NIA NIH HHS P30 AG021342NIA NIH HHS R03 AG048920
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAlthough the adverse health effects of ambient air pollution are well documented, evidence on the depression effects of household air pollution (HAP) are scarce.

objectivesWe investigated the effects of HAP exposure from the use of solid fuel on depression using a nationally representative dataset of middle-aged and older population in China.

methodsBy employing the propensity score matching method, we first matched the type of household fuel based on background information, including demographic characteristics, lifestyles, health status, and household economic levels. Based on the matched data, we conducted OLS and logistic regressions with cluster standard error at community level to examine the effects of household solid fuel use on depression and adjusted for potential confounders. Heterogeneous effects for vulnerable population were also considered.

resultsWe found a significantly higher Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) score and depression risk among current household solid fuel users. After matching and adjusting for potential confounders, current solid fuel users had a higher CES-D score of 0.59 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.31, 0.89) than clean fuel users. The OR of depression risk were 1.26 (95% CI: 1.14, 1.41). Solid fuel users had the highest CES-D scores (β = 0.99, 95% CI: 0.62, 1.36) and depression risk (OR = 1.49, 95% CI: 1.30, 1.73) for over five years. These associations were generally higher in females, participants aged 65 years and older, with a BMI ≥ 25, with low education, with low household economic levels, and those suffer from chronic diseases, including diabetes, chronic lung diseases, and cardiovascular diseases.

conclusionsExposure to HAP from solid fuel combustion was linked with strong depression outcomes. Findings suggested a need to strengthen public health efforts, such as controlling the social, health, and economic costs of depression by taking the physical environment, including HAP exposure, into account.

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DepressionAgedAir Pollution, IndoorChinaCookingFemaleHumansMiddle AgedCHARLSDepressionHousehold air pollutionHousehold solid fuel usePropensity Score Matching

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