ArticleThe clinical respiratory journal2021
Association of quantitative CT lung density measurements and lung function decline in World Trade Center workers.
Article in The clinical respiratory journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03295279 (Pulmonary Diseases in WTC Workers), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers.
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Pulmonary Diseases in WTC Workers: Symptoms, Function, and Chest CT Correlates
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- CT-derived quantitative imaging biomarkers for hypoxemia risk in repeated lung resection: a retrospective study.BMC medical imaging · 2026Article
- Spirometric pattern transitions in a World Trade Center occupational cohort on longitudinal surveillance.Respiratory medicine · 2025Article
- Quantitative lung CT indicators have good predictive ability for hypoxemia during one-lung ventilation in radical resection for lung cancer.Journal of anesthesia · 2025Article
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- World Trade Center Health Program best practices for the diagnosis and treatment of fibrosing interstitial lung diseases.Archives of environmental & occupational health · 2023Article
- Quantitative CT lung densitometry as an obstructive marker for the diagnosis of bronchiolitis obliterans in children.PloS one · 2022Article
- 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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10 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundOccupational exposures at the WTC site after 11 September 2001 have been associated with presumably inflammatory chronic lower airway diseases.
aimsIn this study, we describe the trajectories of expiratory air flow decline, identify subgroups with adverse progression, and investigate the association of those trajectories with quantitative computed tomography (QCT) imaging measurement of increased and decreased lung density.
methodsWe examined the trajectories of expiratory air flow decline in a group of 1,321 former WTC workers and volunteers with at least three periodic spirometries, and using QCT-measured low (LAV%, -950 HU) and high (HAV%, from -600 to -250 HU) attenuation volume percent. We calculated the individual regression line slopes for first-second forced expiratory volume (FEV
resultsThe mean longitudinal FEV
conclusionsLongitudinal FEV
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