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Title

A comparative analysis of biomass and clean fuel exposure on pulmonary function during cooking among rural women in Tamilnadu, India

 

Authors

Sarojini K Rajinikanth1, M Chitra2*, N Kannan3, Vinitha Baskaran4 & Madhan Krishnan5

 

Affiliation

1Department of physiology, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, Puducherry, India; 2Department of physiology, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai and Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, India; 3Department of physiology, Adhiparasakthi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Melmaruvathur, Tamilnadu, India; 4Sri Sai Krupa Hospital, Puducherry, India. 5Department of Biochemistry, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India;

 

Email

Corresponding Author E-mail: s.kaliyaperumal@yahoo.com; Sarojini K Rajinikanth – s.kaliyaperumal@yahoo.com; Chitra M – drchitrayuvan@gmail.com; Kannan N – drnkannan@gmail.com; Vinitha Baskaran – kjini82@gmail.com; Madhan Krishnan –
kmadhan91@gmail.com

 

Article Type

Research Article

 

Date

Received April 29, 2021; Revised May 29, 2021; Accepted May 29, 2021, Published May 31, 2021

 

Abstract

It is of interest to document data on the comparative analysis of biomass and clean fuel exposure on pulmonary function during cooking among rural women. The study consisted of 100 biomass and 100 LPG fuel using women with no smoking habits and other related illness
Parameters such as FVC, FEV1, FEV1/FVC, PEFR, FEF25-75%were obtained using the computerized spirometry to assess the pulmonary function in these subjects. The collected data were analyzed using the Student t-test method and Pearson correlation. The exposure index for biomass fuel users is 69.78±27.25 showing high exposure duration during cooking. The parameters for pulmonary functions significantly declined in FVC (42.34±13.6), FEV1 (45.55±15.98), PEFR (34.11±14.78) and FEF25-75% (45.56±23.00) for biomass fuel user. However, this is not true for FEV1/FVC ratio (107.56±16.9). The increase in PFT suggests the restrictive and obstructive patterns of pulmonary diseases. There was a negative correlation between increased duration of cooking and the value of FEV1/FVC (r = -0.2961), FEF25-75% (r = -0.3519) and PEFR (r = -0.2868). Thus, the deformation of pulmonary function due to extended exposure of biomass fuel for cooking women in rural Tamilnadu is shown using parameter features such as high exposure index, overcrowded area and improper ventilated houses.

 

Keywords

Biomass Fuel, clean fuel, exposure index, pulmonary function test, restrictive and obstructive disease, spirometry.

 

Citation

Rajinikanth et al. Bioinformation 17(5): 593-598 (2021)

 

Edited by

P Kangueane

 

ISSN

0973-2063

 

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

 

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.