Unadjusted and adjusted relative risks (aRR) for physical health conditions in Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) emergency medical service workers using Poisson regression
| Rhinosinusitis (n=241) | Gastroesophageal reflux disease (n=274) | Obstructive airways disease (n=266) | Asthma (n=228) | Cancer (n=70) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unadjusted | Adjusted* | Unadjusted | Adjusted† | Unadjusted | Adjusted‡ | Unadjusted | Adjusted§ | Unadjusted | Adjusted¶ | |
| RR (95% CI) | aRR (95% CI) | RR (95% CI) | aRR (95% CI) | RR (95% CI) | aRR (95% CI) | RR (95% CI) | aRR (95% CI) | RR (95% CI) | aRR (95% CI) | |
| Arrival group | ||||||||||
| Group 1: morning of 9/11/2001 | 3.3 (2.0 to 5.3) | 3.7 (2.2 to 6.0) | 3.3 (2.1 to 5.2) | 3.8 (2.4 to 6.1) | 1.9 (1.3 to 2.8) | 2.4 (1.7 to 3.6) | 2.3 (1.5 to 3.5) | 2.9 (1.9 to 4.5) | 0.6 (0.2 to 1.4) | 0.7 (0.3 to 1.8) |
| Group 2: afternoon of 9/11/2001 | 2.2 (1.3 to 3.5) | 2.4 (1.4 to 3.9) | 2.5 (1.6 to 3.9) | 2.9 (1.8 to 4.6) | 1.3 (0.9 to 1.9) | 1.6 (1.1 to 2.4) | 1.5 (1.0 to 2.3) | 1.9 (1.2 to 2.9) | 1.0 (0.5 to 2.0) | 1.4 (0.7 to 2.8) |
| Group 3: 9/12/2001 | 2.4 (1.4 to 4.2) | 2.6 (1.5 to 4.5) | 2.6 (1.6 to 4.4) | 2.9 (1.7 to 4.8) | 1.0 (0.6 to 1.6) | 1.1 (0.7 to 1.9) | 1.1 (0.6 to 1.9) | 1.3 (0.7 to 2.2) | 1.2 (0.6 to 2.8) | 1.7 (0.8 to 3.8) |
| Group 4: 9/13/2001–9/24/2001 | 2.3 (1.4 to 3.8) | 2.5 (1.5 to 4.1) | 2.3 (1.4 to 3.6) | 2.5 (1.6 to 4.1) | 1.1 (0.7 to 1.6) | 1.3 (0.8 to 1.9) | 1.1 (0.7 to 1.8) | 1.3 (0.8 to 2.1) | 0.8 (0.4 to 1.7) | 1.0 (0.5 to 2.1) |
| Group 5: 9/25/2001 or later | 2.2 (1.2 to 4.1) | 2.4 (1.3 to 4.4) | 2.1 (1.2 to 3.8) | 2.4 (1.4 to 4.3) | 1.0 (0.6 to 1.8) | 1.3 (0.7 to 2.2) | 1.3 (0.7 to 2.3) | 1.6 (0.9 to 2.8) | 1.0 (0.4 to 2.6) | 1.4 (0.6 to 3.7) |
| Unexposed | REF | REF | REF | REF | REF | REF | REF | REF | REF | REF |
*Adjusted for gender, race and smoking history; nine individuals with a pre-9/11 diagnosis of rhinosinusitis were excluded.
†Adjusted for gender, race and age at 9/11; eight individuals with a pre-9/11 diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease were excluded.
‡Adjusted for gender, race, age at 9/11 and smoking history; 36 individuals with a pre-9/11 diagnosis of obstructive airways disease were excluded.
§Adjusted for gender and age at 9/11; 32 individuals with a pre-9/11 diagnosis of asthma were excluded.
¶ Adjusted for age at 9/11 and smoking history; 16 individuals with a pre-9/11 diagnosis of cancer were excluded.