Abstract
Background: Despite the high rates, the consequences of new onset asthma among the World Trade Center (WTC) responders in terms of the change in job status have not been studied. Methods: This study consists of a cohort of 8132 WTC responders out of the total 25 787 responders who held a full-time job at the baseline visit, and participated in at least one follow-up visit. Results: Overall, 34% of the study cohort changed their job status from full-time at a follow-up visit. Multivariable models showed that asthmatics were respectively 27% and 47% more likely to have any job status change and get retired, and twice as likely to become disabled as compared to non-asthmatics. Conclusions: With asthma incidence from WTC exposure, negative job status change should be considered as a potential long-term consequence of WTC exposure.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1039-1048 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | American Journal of Industrial Medicine |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 2017 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Cooperative Research Agreements related to the World Trade Center Health Program (U01 OH010399-01).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Keywords
- WTC responders
- asthma
- job status change
- socioeconomic status
- world trade center
