Appendix IV THYROID TABLES Table 1. Individual listing of thyroid abnormalities in Marshallese, 1980. This does not include cases with indiscrete thyroid masses.* Under "Hypofunction," two TSH levels >6 yU/dl were considered positive, except that in presurgical cases one such level was considered positive because only one or a few samples were available for testing; Suggestive. Ca = carcinoma. Est. Pt. No. & sex Age 1979 thyroid dose (rads) two levels >3 were considered Thyroid Nodularities Age at detection Surgery Diagnosis (a) Rongelap exposed at age <10 (includes 2 in utero: 3M 26 1150 33 F 54 M 65 F 2M 26 26 26 27 1150 1150 1150 1100 13 13 13 12 19 M 21 F 30 28 1000 1050 14 13 Bost. '68 Guam '64 29 29 31 32 32 32 33 28 25 1000 1000 900 855 855 855 810 1050 ? 19 15 14 17 18 21 20 28 24 Bost. '68 Guam '64 Cleve. '69 Cleve. '69'79 Bost. ‘65 Cleve. '69 Bost. '66 5M 17 F 42 F 23 69 72 15 20 36 61 32 83 M F F F M M F M M 85 M 26 28 28 25 1150 1050 1050 ? Hypofunction TSH (pU/d1) No. 83 and 85) >400 (myxedema) 12 13 25 Bost. Bost. Bost. Bost. '66 '68 '66 '65 Guam '64 Bost. '66 Adenomatous nod. " " " " " " " " " " " " " " 22 6.2, 8.2 " " " " " Papillary Ca Adenomatous nod. " " " " " " Cleve. '74 '79 Hyperpl. nodule Cleve. '72 Cleve. '76 Adenoma Nodules Cleve. " 22 " 470 4.9 4.7 5.2, 6.7 6.7, 7.3 " (b) Rongelap exposed at age 10-18 75 F 67 F 74 F 40 38 40 655 520 425 24 24 32 '74 Papillary Ca *Three cases (2 exposed and 1 control) are not included in the table since nodules palpated clinically did not reveal demonstrable pathology at surgery. (See Table 3). - 125 -