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Table 4 Patterns of exposure to ever use of biomass fuels among females and males.

From: Use of traditional cooking fuels and the risk of young adult cataract in rural Bangladesh: a hospital-based case-control study

Pattern code

Ever exposed

 

Case

Non-eye-disease

control

Non-cataract

eye-disease control

 

WD/DL

RS

CD

 

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Females

       

4

+

+

+

 

12 (15.0)

11 (13.7)

14 (17.5)

3

+

+

-

 

14 (17.5)

5 (6.3)

7 (8.8)

2

+

-

+

 

13 (16.3)

22 (27.5)

23 (28.7)

1

+

-

-

 

41 (51.2)

42 (52.5)

36 (45.0)

Males

       

4

+

+

+

 

1 (1.4)

1 (1.4)

0

3

+

+

-

 

2 (2.7)

1 (1.4)

1 (1.4)

1

+

-

-

 

23 (31.5)

13 (17.8)

21 (28.8)

0

-

-

-

 

47 (64.4)

58 (79.4)

51 (69.9)

  1. WD/DL = wood and/or dry leaves, RS = rice straw, CD = cow dung.