Increased Airway Wall Thickness is Associated with Adverse Longitudinal First-Second Forced Expiratory Volume Trajectories of Former World Trade Center workers.
Rafael E de la HozXiaoyu LiuJohn T DoucetteAnthony P ReevesLaura A BienenfeldJuan P WisniveskyJuan C CeledónDavid A LynchRaúl San José EstéparPublished in: Lung (2018)
The apparent normal age-related rate of FEV1 decline results from averaging widely divergent trajectories. WAP is significantly associated with accelerated air flow decline in WTC workers.