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

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