Cooking fuels use and carotid intima-media thickness during early pregnancy of women in Myanmar

摘要: Background Fuels burned in households for cooking cause indoor air pollution, exposing those who are cooking. Despite the mounting evidence of effects fuels use on health, few studies focus effect have carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT), a surrogate atherosclerosis biomarker early stages pregnancy. This study aimed to examine association between and CIMT during trimester pregnancy among women Myanmar. Methodology In this cross-sectional study, part an ongoing birth cohort analysis, total 192 pregnant over 18 years with gestational weeks less than were recruited from 15 rural health centers Nay Pyi Taw September November 2019. Sociodemographic data, residential data collected semi-structured questionnaires face-to-face interviews. Anthropometric, hemodynamic, blood lipids, ultrasound measurements performed under standard protocols. Multiple linear regression was modeled explore associations. Results The included 70 firewood fuel users, 26 charcoal 96 electricity users. Following adjustments potential confounding factors, significantly associated increase all analyzed. Importantly, greater mean right common artery (RCCA; β = 0.033 mm; 95%CI: 0.006, 0.058; P<0.05) had significant compared (β 0.029 0.010, 0.049; P<0.05). Conclusions Our findings demonstrate that such as charcoal, is considerable risk factor human increased CIMT, wherein contributes more RCCA. Measures prevent risks related should be instituted