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; two levels >3 were considered Suggestive. Ca = carcinoma. Pt. No. & sex Age 1979 Est. thyroid dose (rads) Thyroid Nodularities Age at detection Surgery Diagnosis wee ee ee ee ee ee a ee —- (a) Rongelap exposed at age <10 (includes 2 in utero: 3M 26 1150 5 M 26 1150 54 M 65 F 2M 26 26 27 1150 1150 1100 13 13 12 Bost. '68 Bost. '66 Bost. '65 17 F 28 1050 12 Guam '64 33 F 19 21 42 23 69 72 15 20 36 M F F M F F F M M 61 F 32 M 83 M 85 M 26 1150 30 28 28 29 29 31 32 32 32 1000 1050 1050 1000 1000 900 855 855 855 28 25 25 1050 ? ? 33 810 Hypofunction TSH (uU/dl) No. 83 and 85) >400 (myxedema ) 13 14 13 13 19 15 14 17 18 21 20 28 24 25 Bost. '66 Bost. '68 Guam '64 Bost. '66 Bost. '68 Guam '64 Cleve. '69 Cleve. '69'79 Bost. '65 Cleve. '69 Bost. Cleve. Cleve. '66 '74 '79 Adenomatous nod. " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " Papillary Ca Adenomatous nod. " " " " " " " " Hyperpl. nodule " 22 " 22 6.2, 8.2 470 4.9 4.7 5.2, 6.7 6.7, 7.3 (b) Rongelap exposed at age 10-18 75 F 40 655 24 Cleve. '72 74 F 40 425 32 Cleve. 67 F 38 520 24 '76 Adenoma Nodules '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 -