Table 26
Kinetic Analvsis of 132I- Accumulation and Excretion in Rongelap Subjects Without Thyroid Abnormalitv
Fraction of extrathvroid I- per day
Group
Urine* A61
Thyroid** Ag,
Thyroid fraction,
Aoy/(Ae1 +A61)
0.81 (0.17-1.99)
1.10 (0.34-2.57)
0.79 (0.23-1.47)
0.67 (0.33-1.27)
0.49 (0.26-0.77)
0.38 (0.24-0.65)
1 18 (0.72-1.49)
0.90 (0.57-2.06)
0.43 (0.19-0 58)
-
9 Unexposed adults, 1965
12 Exposed adults, 1965
12 People exposed at
age 10-20, 1972
*Xg@1 is the fraction of iodide outside the thyroid excreted in the urine per dav.
**Xo, is the fraction of iodide outside the thyroid that enters the thyroid per day. Means andranges given.
Table 27
Results of Follow-Up Evaluation of Plasma Thyroxine and TSH in Marshallese With Known Thyroid Lesions
(Normal values: T, by RIA, 3.0 to 10.2 ugydl; TSH, <1 to 5 phU/'ml; abnormalvaluesare given in boldface)
1972
Subject No.
and sex
Age at
exposure
Rongelap expursed
Diagnosis
TSH,
pU/ml
Ta,
oped)
4
1
6.7
<2.5
5M
1
"
253
79
33 F
1!
Adenomas
3.7
6.8
7.4
63 F
1
-
-
18
54M
2M
17 F
19M
21 F
42 F
23M
69 F
72F
15F
1
2
3
3
3
3
4
4
6
7
20 M
36 M
61 F
75 F
18F
40 M
64 F
7
7
8
12
21
29
30
53 F
51 F
8
25
Allingnae exposed _
8F
1
45 F
32
41M
44
Jn utero exposed
83 M
2nd tri
UCuirik exposed
2208 F
35
2212 F
35
2229 F
20
2221 F
54
Myxedema
Ta,
pg/dil
1973
"
"
"
"
"
"
u
"
"
Carcinoma
Adenomas
"
"
"
"
Carcinoma
Adenomas
Carcinoma
Adenomas
6.5
14.9
23.2
13.4
126
158
28
98
<10
77
7.0
10.0
12.4
~
0.4
7.2
76
7.8
8.2
8.9
0
-
<25
2.0
3.4
<2.5
<25
81
<25
15.3
15.1
3.6
11.9
10.1
5.1
6.6
2.7
<2.5
6.4
110
<25
172
13.9
2.5
4.1
22.7
17.8
7.8
10.6
2.0
12.1
460
9.2
Ts,
TSH,
pgdl p/m
-
2.7
376
3.6
-
10.1
-
> 120
32
~
62
-
149
-
59
~
~
-
1.7
13.8
69
12.8
17.4
7.8
11.1
<0.4
98
13
1.7
32
-
118
<1.0
<10
Ll
<1.0
6.3
11
116
<10
89
1.3
4.6
23
109
7.8
9.0
<10
15
2.8
5.6
<1.0
2.6
1.2
140
<1.0
17.4
45.5
25.3
5.6
2.7
-
4.6
45
<5.0
6.0
4.4
13.3
Adenomas
-
-
6.7
-
6.2
7.0
12.9
10.1
2.5
-
3.1
11
-
5.1
5.0
5.9
4.9
70
4.4
5.5
3.6
<1.0
9.8
1.4
54
16.3
20.1
35.7
15.6
49
<50
<25
<5.0
94
6.9
20.4
:
26.2
Nodule left lobe
Adenomas
"
Carcinoma(follicular)
Adenoma
-
-
TBG-binding
capacity,
pg T, dl
71
-
7.4
6.3
TSH,
pU/mt
Nodule 0.5 cm ’73; neg. "74
Adenomas
"
2.6
0
11.3
1974
4.6
<1.0
3.9
1.7