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ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives2026

China's Clean Heating Policy and Effects on Blood Pressure in Rural Beijing Adults.

Talia Sternbach, Sam Harper, Xiaoying Li, Collin Brehmer, Yuanxun Zhang, Wenlu Yuan, Shu Tao, Kaibing Xue, Kennedy Hirst, Guofeng Shen and 5 more

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Talia SternbachDepartment of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec H3A 0G4, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9898-4982
Sam HarperDepartment of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec H3A 0G4, Canada.
Xiaoying LiDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1019, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9932-6654
Collin BrehmerDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1019, United States.
Yuanxun ZhangNational Field Observation and Research Station (Beijing Yanshan) for Earth Critical Zone, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
Wenlu YuanDepartment of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec H3A 0G4, Canada.
Shu TaoCollege of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7374-7063
Kaibing XueCollege of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
Kennedy HirstDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1019, United States.
Guofeng ShenCollege of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7731-5399
Christopher Barrington-LeighBieler School of Environment, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec H3A 0G4, Canada.
Xiang ZhangDepartment of Geography, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec H3A 0G4, Canada.
Brian RobinsonDepartment of Geography, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec H3A 0G4, Canada.
Ellison CarterDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1019, United States.
Jill BaumgartnerDepartment of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec H3A 0G4, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8397-6380

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Abstract

Large-scale residential energy transitions from solid fuel to clean energy are promising strategies to mitigate climate change and improve population health, but rigorous evaluation of their impacts is rare. China's Clean Heating Policy (CHP) aimed to transition tens of millions of households from coal to electric and gas-based space heating. Following evidence of policy-driven improvements in indoor air pollution and indoor temperature, we evaluated the CHP's impact on blood pressure (BP). In winter 2018-2019, we enrolled 1,003 adults aged >40 years from 50 Beijing villages not yet treated by the CHP; 20 villages were treated during follow-up (winters 2019-2020 and 2021-2022). Brachial and central BP and covariates were measured during household visits by trained staff. Policy impacts were estimated using an extended two-way fixed-effects difference-in-differences approach with village-clustered standard errors and adjustment for key BP predictors to improve precision. We found evidence of reductions (in mmHg) in brachial systolic BP (-1.4, 95% confidence interval [CI]: -3.3, 0.5), central systolic BP (-1.5, 95% CI: -3.3, 0.4), brachial diastolic BP (-1.6, 95% CI: -2.9, -0.3), and central diastolic BP (-1.6, 95% CI: -2.9, -0.3) among villages treated by the CHP compared with those untreated. Treatment effects varied by the year villages were treated by the CHP (

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Air Pollution, IndoorBlood PressureHeatingAdultAgedBeijingFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRural Population

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PMID42997388
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