ArticleAnnals of the American Thoracic Society2018
Blood Leukocyte Concentrations, FEV
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- Molecular Clustering Analysis of Blood Biomarkers in World Trade Center Exposed Community Members with Persistent Lower Respiratory Symptoms.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- COPD in Firefighters: A Specific Event-Related Condition Rather than a Common Occupational Respiratory Disorder.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Review
- Circulating white blood cells and lung function impairment: the observational studies and Mendelian randomization analysis.Annals of medicine · 2021Observational
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- Serum Th-2 cytokines and FEVAmerican journal of industrial medicine · 2021Article
- Lung function decline before and after treatment of World Trade Center associated obstructive airways disease with inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting beta agonists.American journal of industrial medicine · 2021Article
- Blood leukocyte count as a systemic inflammatory biomarker associated with a more rapid spirometric decline in a large cohort of iron and steel industry workers.Respiratory research · 2021Article
- PEDF, a pleiotropic WTC-LI biomarker: Machine learning biomarker identification and validation.PLoS computational biology · 2021Article
- Association of quantitative CT lung density measurements and lung function decline in World Trade Center workers.The clinical respiratory journal · 2021Article
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Abstract
rationaleRescue/recovery work at the World Trade Center disaster site (WTC) caused a proximate decline in lung function in Fire Department of the City of New York firefighters. A subset of this cohort experienced an accelerated rate of lung function decline over 15 years of post-September 11, 2001 (9/11) follow-up.
objectivesTo determine if early postexposure blood leukocyte concentrations are biomarkers for subsequent FEV
methodsIndividual rates of forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV
resultsAccelerated FEV
conclusionsHigher post-9/11 blood neutrophil and eosinophil concentrations were associated with subsequent accelerated FEV
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