Table 9
Physical Findings in Rongelap and Uurik Adults, 1967-69
Rongelap exposed
(49 examined)

Subject Nos.
Anemia

Aphakia

7

Arteriosclerosis (mild)

Arteriosclerosis
(moderate to severe)
Asthma
Atrial fibrillation
Bradycardia
Cardiac enlargement
Cervical erosion
or laceration

Cystourethro-rectocele
Deafness
Diabetes mellitus
-

i1, 70

58, 68, 80

4,7, 41,38, 63, 78, 79

1,11, 16, 60, 68, 80, 82

80
27 (with hypertension)
80 (with atrial fibrillation)
60, 76

%
4.1

6.1

14.2

14.2

2.0
4.1
4.1

1, 12, 15, 24, 39, 45, 49,58, 30.6
61, 63, 64, 71, 72, 74, 78

1, 14, 18, 34, 45, 49, 63,
64, 78
1, 60
27?, 41

Uurik exposed
(71 examined)

Rongelap unexposed
(77 examined)

18.4
4.1
4.1

Subject Nos.

%o

Subject Nos.

835, 843, 865

3.9

2254

884.1515

2.6

2114, 2139, 2140.

856,859, 878.889,
908, 915, 929,
947,961,975
844, 916
858,948

13.0

2161,
2212,
2224
2110, 2169,
2244,

2.6
2.6

2200

858, 859, 917, 947,
948
823, 829, 832,846, 18.1
867, 914, 916,
932, 938, 956,
959, 1001, 1505,
1520
852
1.3

7.8

858, 878, 884
852, 855, 898,915,
918, 956, 1041,

"G
1+
11.3

2200,
2221,
2211,
2258

7.1

1.4

2139, 2149, 2162,
2194, 2208,
2246

8.5

2109, 2169
2128, 2140, 2158,
2169, 2193,
2194, 2200,
2208, 2215,
2216, 2221,
2252, 2258

2.8
18.3

127

3.9
10.4

1042

Epilepsy
Hernia
Hypertension (>140/90)

1, 4, 11, 58, 60, 77

Leprosy, arrested
Obesity

77
1, 49, 60, 61, 64, 67, 71,
74, 78

Osteoarthritis

50, 79

Primary fibrous dysplasia 34, 58, 63, 64, 78

Prostatic hypertrophy
Proteinuria (> 100 mg)
Rheumatic heart disease
Rheumatoid arthritis
Spermatocele
Syphilis(?), arrested
Tumorbenign
(except thyroid)

Tumor malignant

68, 82

12.2

2.0
18.4

4.1

10.2
4.1

76
68
4
11,59
11 (knee)
14 (epidermoidcyst)
63 (giant tumor, finger)
70 (neurofibroma, neck)

2.0
2.0
2.0
4.1
8.2

U.RLL

24, 39, 40, 74

13 (uterus)

2.0

Varicocele

40,41, 76

6.1

875
948, 1517
856, 859, 885,898,
899, 908, 947,
948, 982

1.3
2.6
11.7

849,815, 859,880,
881, 898, 934,
942, 943, 951,
959, 970, 982,
1005, 1050
858, 859, 878, 884,
896, 898, 915,
922, 928, 935,
947, 961

19.4

2107, 2128,
2189,
2196,
2224,

15.6

2161, 2169

28

2211

14

2140 (r. ankle)
2208 (nose, abdomen)
2212 (forearm)
2252 (chest)

do

915
855, 1526

1.3
2.6

846, 859, 864, 880

5.2

918,948

2.6

8.2

2158,
2195,
2215,
2246

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