Cardiometabolic profiles of adolescents and young adults exposed to the World Trade Center Disaster.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Few studies have examined the possible cardiometabolic consequences of World Trade Center-related exposures on children who lived and/or attended school near the disaster site. Our objective was to compare cardiometabolic profiles of participants in the World Trade Center Health Registry (WTCHR) with a matched comparison group.

Methods

We evaluated WTCHR enrollees who resided in New York City and were born between September 11, 1993 and September 10, 2001, and a matched comparison group. We assessed exposure to dust cloud, home dust, as well as traumatic exposure, and associations with blood pressure, arterial wall stiffness, body mass index (BMI), total cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL, and LDL.

Results

A total of 402 participants completed th

SUBMITTER: Trasande L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5712452 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature