Meg Appendix IV THYROID TABLES Table 1. Individual listing of thyroid abnormalities in Marshallese, i980. This does not include cases with indiscrete thyroid masses.* Under “Hypofunction," two TSH levels >6 pU/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. Est. Pt. No. & sex Age 1979 thyroid dose (rads) Thyroid Nodularities Age at detection Surgery Diagnosis (a) Rongelap exposed at age <10 (includes 2 in utero: 3M 5M 33 F 54M 65 F 2M 17 F 19 M 21 42 23 69 F F M F 72 F 26 26 26 26 26 27 28 30 28 28 29 29 31 15 F 20 M 36 M 32 32 32 32 M 83. M 85 M 28 25 25 61 F 33 Hypofunction TSH CyU/d1) No. 83 and 85) 1150 1150 1150 1150 1150 1100 1050 1000 1050 1050 1000 1000 900 855 855 855 810 1050 ? ? >400( myxedema ) 13 13 13 12 12 14 13 13 19 15 14 Bost. ‘66 Bost. '68 Bost. ‘66 Bost. ‘65 Guam '64 Bost. ‘68 Guam Bost. Bost. Guam '64 '66 ‘68 64 Cleve. '69 Adenomatous nod. " " " “ " " " " " " Papillary Ca " " " " “ " " " 17 18 21 Cleve. '69'79 Bost. ‘65 Cleve. '69 Adenomatous nod. " " " " 28 24 25 Cleve. '74 Cleve. '79 " " Hvperpl. nodule 20 Z3ost. '66 " " " 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 Adenoma 74 F 40 425 - 32 Cleve. '76 Papillary Ca 67 F 38 520 24 Nodules '74 *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 -