Pandey M R
Thorax. 1984 May;39(5):337-9. doi: 10.1136/thx.39.5.337.
An earlier study of chronic bronchitis in a rural community of the Hill Region of Nepal using Medical Research Council criteria showed a high prevalence rate that was more or less equal in the two sexes. Most of the women in the study population are exposed to domestic smoke caused by wood and straw fires used for cooking and heating purposes in the ill ventilated houses without chimneys. Data from 1375 individuals were analysed to determine whether there was any relationship between domestic smoke pollution and chronic bronchitis. Exposure to domestic smoke was assessed according to the average time per day spent near the fireplace. The association between chronic bronchitis and cigarette smoking was confirmed. In female nonsmokers and smokers and past smokers of both sexes crude and age adjusted prevalence rates for chronic bronchitis were significantly associated with increasing exposure to domestic smoke. In the living conditions existing in the rural Hill Region of Nepal domestic smoke pollution is an important contributing factor in the development of chronic bronchitis.
一项早前在尼泊尔山区农村社区开展的、采用医学研究委员会标准的慢性支气管炎研究显示，其患病率很高，且在两性中大致相等。研究人群中的大多数女性都暴露于室内烟雾中，这些烟雾由在没有烟囱且通风不良的房屋中用于烹饪和取暖的木柴和秸秆燃烧产生。对1375人的数据进行了分析，以确定室内烟雾污染与慢性支气管炎之间是否存在任何关联。根据每天在壁炉附近停留的平均时间来评估对室内烟雾的暴露情况。慢性支气管炎与吸烟之间的关联得到了证实。在女性非吸烟者以及男女吸烟者和既往吸烟者中，慢性支气管炎的粗患病率和年龄调整患病率均与室内烟雾暴露增加显著相关。在尼泊尔山区农村现有的生活条件下，室内烟雾污染是慢性支气管炎发病的一个重要促成因素。
