The impact of World Trade Center related medical conditions on the severity of COVID-19 disease and its long-term sequela.

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• Personal Author:
  Carr MA ; Clouston SAP ; Lhuillier E ; Luft BJ ; Morozova O ; Waszczuk MA ; Yang X ; Yang Y
• Description:
  The individuals who served our country in the aftermath of the attacks on the World Trade Center (WTC) following the attacks of 11 September 2001 have, since then, been diagnosed with a number of conditions as a result of their exposures. In the present study, we sought to determine whether these conditions were risk factors for increased COVID-19 disease severity within a cohort of N = 1280 WTC responders with complete information on health outcomes prior to and following COVID-19 infection. We collected data on responders diagnosed with COVID-19, or had evidence of receiving positive SARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reaction or antigen testing, or were asymptomatic but had IgG positive antibody testing. The presence of post-acute COVID-19 sequelae was measured using self-reported symptom severity scales. Analyses revealed that COVID-19 severity was associated with age, Black race, obstructive airway disease (OAD), as well as with worse self-reported depressive symptoms. Similarly, post-acute COVID-19 sequelae was associated with initial analysis for COVID-19 severity, upper respiratory disease (URD), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), OAD, heart disease, and higher depressive symptoms. We conclude that increased COVID-19 illness severity and the presence of post-acute COVID-19 sequelae may be more common in WTC responders with chronic diseases than in those responders without chronic disease processes resulting from exposures at the WTC disaster. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Cohort Studies Communicable Diseases Epidemiology Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety September 11 Terrorist Attacks
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: 9/11 Disaster; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Severity; Comorbidities; Post-acute COVID-19 Syndrome World Trade Center; WTC; Cohort Studies; Medical Monitoring; Epidemiology; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Airway Obstruction; Respiratory Diseases;
• ISSN:
  1660-4601
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement ; Contract
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; New York ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  19
• Issue:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065382
• Citation:
  Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022 Jun; 19(12):6963
• Contact Point Address:
  Benjamin J. Luft, Department of Medicine, Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University (SUNY), Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
• Email:
  benjamin.luft@stonybrookmedicine.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• Performing Organization:
  State University of New York at Stony Brook
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20210701
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2382679e113c9b8ce12bc8127a0f9497619eeee3f47db568cfacef2442be0f757f28f4c5fa55e649c5c07a4a46140068a08a69a5aa3596dbd8310c4dcf451fde
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/249418/cdc_249418_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 313.83 KB ]