Table 1 Demographic and clinical data
Measures | Study cohort N = 4015 | WTC-OAD | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ever N = 921 | Never N = 3094 | |||
Demographics | ||||
 Age on 9/11 | 40.55 (7.40) | 40.64 (7.12) | 40.53 (7.48) | 0.68 |
 Retired at exam | 3077 (76.60%) | 765 (83.10%) | 2312 (74.70%) | < 0.001 |
 Firefighter | 3637 (90.60%) | 806 (87.50%) | 2831 (91.50%) | < 0.001 |
 Ever smokers | 1291 (32.20%) | 315 (34.20%) | 976 (31.50%) | 0.13 |
 Caucasian | 3819 (95.10%) | 886 (96.20%) | 2933 (94.80%) | 0.08 |
 Arrived morning of 9/11 | 679 (16.90%) | 183 (19.90%) | 496 (16%) | < 0.001 |
1st Post-9/11 | ||||
 FEV1%Pred | 96.92 (14.02) | 83.93 (13.10) | 100.79 (11.78) | < 0.001 |
 FVC%Pred | 92.36 (12.15) | 83.58 (11.58) | 94.88 (11.09) | < 0.001 |
 BMI kg/m2 | 29.02 (3.78) | 29.59 (4.16) | 28.84 (3.65) | < 0.001 |
 Systolic BP mmHg | 117.91 (14.37) | 119.27 (14.58) | 117.51 (14.28) | < 0.001 |
 Diastolic BP mmHg | 74.15 (9.26) | 75.01 (9.40) | 73.89 (9.20) | < 0.001 |
 HDL mg/dL | 48.02 (11.58) | 47.54 (11.80) | 48.16 (11.51) | 0.20 |
 LDL mg/dL | 126.54 (36.08) | 127.08 (34.65) | 126.39 (36.5) | 0.63 |
 Cholesterol (total) mg/dL | 208.72 (43.89) | 212.07 (59.80) | 207.73 (37.84) | < 0.001 |
 Triglyceride mg/dL | 179.91 (131.57) | 191.93 (137.60) | 176.34 (129.52) | < 0.001 |
At REAP-S | ||||
 FEV1%Pred | 93.01 (14.33) | 77.89 (14.18) | 97.44 (10.95) | < 0.001 |
 FVC%Pred | 91.59 (12.51) | 80.42 (12.92) | 94.86 (10.31)* | < 0.001 |
 BMI kg/m2 | 30.34 (4.87) | 31.15 (5.49) | 30.09 (4.65) | < 0.001 |
 Systolic BP mmHg | 126.06 (12.99) | 127.19 (13.10) | 125.72 (12.94) | < 0.001 |
 Diastolic BP mmHg | 78.70 (8.38) | 79.28 (8.10) | 78.53 (8.46) | 0.020 |
 HDL mg/dL | 53.76 (14.61) | 53.01 (14.68) | 53.97 (14.58) | 0.18 |
 LDL mg/dL | 116.93 (33.64) | 113.76 (34.16) | 117.82 (33.45) | 0.001 |
 Cholesterol (total) mg/dL | 194.91 (39.45) | 191.33 (41.32) | 195.91 (38.86) | 0.020 |
 Triglyceride mg/dL | 129.16 (223.39) | 135.54 (80.60) | 127.38 (249.01) | 0.46 |