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Table 4 Household environmental and individual factors among solid fuel user and clean fuel user

From: Association between household solid fuel use and tuberculosis: cross-sectional data from the Mongolian National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey

 

Total

Clean fuel user

Solid fuel user

P-value

Houses type; n (%)

 Gher

13531 (32.6)

300 (2.5)

13231 (45.0)

<0.01

 Wooden house

16331 (39.4)

786 (6.5)

15545 (52.9)

 

 Apartment

10298 (24.8)

9989 (82.8)

309 (1.1)

 

 Other

1290 (3.1)

994 (8.2)

296 (1.0)

 

Separate kitchen; n (%)

 Yes

21411 (51.7)

8982 (74.4)

12429 (42.3)

<0.01

 No

20039 (48.3)

3087 (25.6)

16952 (57.7)

 

Number of family members; n (%)

 ≤ 4

25924 (62.5)

7797 (64.6)

18127 (61.7)

<0.01

 > 5

15526 (37.5)

4272 (35.4)

11254 (38.3)

 

Exposure to tobacco smoke inside home; n (%)

 Never

17264 (41.7)

5231 (43.3)

12033 (41.0)

<0.01

 Occasional

10554 (25.5)

3499 (29.0)

7055 (24.0)

 

 Daily

13632 (32.9)

3339 (27.7)

10293 (35.0)

 

Household monthly income (â‚®); n (%)

 ≤ 500,000

22155 (53.4)

3828 (31.7)

18327 (62.4)

<0.01

 500,001-1,000,000

14948 (36.1)

5550 (46.0)

9398 (32.0)

 

 1,000,001-1,500,000

2719 (6.6)

1576 (13.1)

1143 (3.9)

 

 ≥ 1,500,001

1628 (3.9)

1115 (9.2)

513 (1.7)

 

Smoking; n (%)

 Never

29781 (71.8)

8756 (72.5)

21025 (71.6)

<0.01

 Quit

1259 (3.0)

380 (3.1)

879 (3.0)

 

 Occasional

1396 (3.4)

504 (4.2)

892 (3.0)

 

 Daily

9014 (21.7)

2429 (20.1)

6585 (22.4)

 

Alcohol consumption; n (%)

 Never

22351 (53.9)

5860 (48.6)

16491 (56.1)

<0.01

 Once a month or less

15892 (38.3)

5182 (42.9)

10710 (36.5)

 

 2-4 times a month

2837 (6.8)

933 (7.7)

1904 (6.5)

 

 2-3 times a week

265 (0.6)

69 (0.6)

196 (0.7)

 

 At least 4 times a week

105 (0.3)

25 (0.2)

80 (0.3)

 

Diabetes; n (%)

 No

17801 (42.9)

1484 (12.3)

16317 (55.5)

<0.01

 Yes

1011 (2.4)

387 (3.2)

624 (2.1)

 

 Unknown

22638 (54.6)

10198 (84.5)

12440 (42.3)

 

Contact with active TB; n (%)

 No

35020 (84.5)

9934 (82.3)

25086 (85.4)

<0.01

 Yes

6430 (15.5)

2135 (17.7)

4295 (14.6)

 

BMI; n (%)

 Normal

18779 (45.3)

5286 (43.8)

13493 (45.9)

<0.01

 Overweight

13206 (31.9)

3879 (32.1)

9327 (31.7)

 

 Obese class I

6096 (14.7)

1857 (15.4)

4239 (14.4)

 

 Obese class II

1543 (3.7)

484 (4.0)

1059 (3.6)

 

 Obese class III

470 (1.1)

127 (1.1)

343 (1.2)

 

 Underweight

1356 (3.3)

436 (3.6)

920 (3.1)

 

Previous history of TB; n (%)

 No

39785 (96.0)

11558 (95.8)

28227 (96.1)

0.10

 Yes

1665 (4.0)

511 (4.2)

1154 (3.9)

 
  1. TB tuberculosis, BMI body mass index
  2. P values were calculated using chi-square test to compare differences between clean fuel user and solid fuel user
  3. aAverage monthly household income based on tugrik (â‚®) Mongolian currency $1 = 1800 â‚® in 2015