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