Quantitative CT Evidence of Airway Inflammation in WTC Workers and Volunteers with Low FVC Spirometric Pattern.
Jonathan WeberAnthony P ReevesJohn T DoucetteYunho JeonAkshay SoodRaúl San José EstéparJuan C CeledónRafael E de la HozPublished in: Lung (2020)
WTC workers with spirometric low FVC have higher QCT-measured WAP compared to those with normal spirometries, but did not differ in distal airway and emphysema measurements, independently of obesity, smoking, and other covariates.
Keyphrases
- insulin resistance
- type diabetes
- metabolic syndrome
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- computed tomography
- weight loss
- high resolution
- minimally invasive
- smoking cessation
- weight gain
- lung function
- high fat diet induced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- contrast enhanced
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- dual energy
- mass spectrometry
- air pollution
- pulmonary fibrosis
- cystic fibrosis