Association between World Trade Center disaster exposures and body mass index in community members enrolled at World Trade Center Environmental Health Center.

ABSTRACT: Studies suggest that environmental disasters have a big impact on population health conditions including metabolic risk factors, such as obesity and hypertension. The World Trade Center (WTC) destruction from the 9/11 terrorist attack resulted in environmental exposures to community members (Survivors) with potential for metabolic effects. We now examine the impact of WTC exposure on Body Mass Index (BMI) using the data from 7136 adult participants enrolled in the WTC Environmental Health Center (EHC) from August 1, 2005, to December 31, 2022. We characterized WTC-related exposures by multiple approaches including acute dust-cloud exposure, occupational or residential exposures, and latent exposure patterns identified by synthesizing multiplex exposure questions using latent class analysis

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11634636 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature