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Table 3 Predictors of diagnosed angina/heart attack and asthma for those directly exposed a, including area workers stratified by whether they returned or did not return to work, and passersbya, South of Chambers Street before December 31, 2001, World Trade Center Health Registry, 2003–2012

From: Injury, intense dust exposure, and chronic disease among survivors of the World Trade Center terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001

 

Area Workers

Passersby

Returned to Work (N = 5318)

Did Not Return to Work (N = 2185)

(N = 818)

Characteristics

Angina/Heart Attackb

Asthmab

Angina/Heart Attackb

Asthmab

Angina/Heart Attackb

Asthmab

AHR (95% CI)

AHR (95% CI)

AHR (95% CI)

AHR (95% CI)

AHR (95% CI)

AHR (95% CI)

Number of Events

57

190

21

66

11

26

Number of Injury Types

 0

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 1

2.1 (0.9, 4.8)

1.7 (1.1, 2.6)

1.2 (0.3, 4.4)

0.5 (0.2, 1.1)

8.1 (2.0, 33.0)

1.8 (0.5, 6.2)

 2

2.8 (0.7, 11.9)

0.6 (0.1, 2.3)

2.7 (0.5, 13.2)

1.4 (0.5, 4.0)

0.0

0.0

 3+

18.3 (4.1, 82.2)

2.9 (0.7, 11.8)

9.0 (0.98, 83.5)

0.0

0.0

0.0

Dust Cloud Exposure

 Intense

0.8 (0.4, 1.3)

1.1 (0.8, 1.5)

1.1 (0.4, 2.9)

2.0 (1.2, 3.3)

0.9 (0.2, 3.3)

0.8 (0.3, 1.9)

 Some/None

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

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PTSD at Wave 1

 Yes

0.9 (0.4, 2.0)

1.1 (0.8, 1.7)

0.9 (0.3, 3.2)

0.8 (0.4, 1.6)

1.3 (0.3, 6.4)

0.9 (0.3, 3.1)

 No

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  1. aRescue/Recovery Workers and residents not included because of small sample size
  2. bMultivariable model is adjusted for all variables shown plus BMI, smoking, high blood pressure, study recruitment source, age, gender, race/ethnicity, and education