Table 26
Kinetic Anaivsis of 132f- Accumulation and Excretion in Rongelap Subjects Without Thyroid Abnormality
Fraction of extrathyroid I- per day
Group
9 Unexposed aduits, 1965
12 Exposed adults, 1965
12 People exposed at
age 10-20, 1972
Thyroid fraction,
Urine® \@r
Thyroid** Aq
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)
Aer/ (Aza +61)
*\g1 is the fraction of iodide outside the thyroid excreted in the urine per day.
**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: Ty by RIA, 5.0 to 10.2 ug/dl; TSH, <1 to 5 wU/ml; abnormalvaluesare given in boidface)
1972
Subject No.
‘andsex
Age at
exposure
Rongelap exposed
3M
3M
\
l
54M
1
33 F
65 F
1
Ll
2M
2
19M
3
42 F
23 M
3
4
15 F
7
17 F
21F
69 F
T2F
20 M
In utero exposed
Myxedema
"
8.9
0
"
6.5
a2
-
i"
149°
<2.5
13.4
3.4
Adenomas
"
-
3
tt
7
8
25
32
44
"
"
"
"
Carcinoma
Adenomas
"
"
"
"
Carcinoma
Adenomas
Carcinoma
Adenomas
~
Carcinoma (follicular)
Adenoma
17)
-
12.6
<2.5
11.9
-
12.8
98
<1.0
<2.5
460
6.6
0
149
7.0
2.7
13.9
-
158
28
7.7
<25
81
3.6
10.1
5.1
9.2
12.3
10.0
12.4
0.4
7.20
7.6
<2.5
6.4
110
<2.5
172
2.5
4.1
22.7
17.8
7.8
10.6
7.8
2.0
12.1
-
20
54
-
-
13.8
-
2229 F
2221 F
3120
10.1
-
Adenomas
"
18
15.3
7
mo
2.7
3.6
15.1
2.6
2.7
Adenomas
74
376
10.1
2.5
-
32
62
-
17.4
7.8
1i.l
<0.4
32
-
6118
-
<1.0
20.4
1.1
26.2
<1.0
<1.0
6.3
11
116
<1.0
59
~
~
-
L3
4.6
23
109
7.8
9.0
15
2.8
3.6
<1.0
2.6
1.2
-
14.0
<1.0
49
<5.0
-
6.7
-
-
5.1
11
-
5.9
4.9
3.0
69
8613
1.7
98
7.4
6.3
4.6
4.5
3.1
;
TBG-binding
Ts,
TSH,
capacity,
ug/dl pU/ml
ug Tad -
2.0
-—
7.1
5.6
35
35
6.8
Nodule 0.5 cm °73; neg. '74
Adenomas
"
Nodule left lobe
2208 F
20Gb Lhe
3.7
1974
Ts,
TSH,
yue/dl pU/m)
<2.5
79
23.2
4
6
TSH,
wU/mil
6.7
25
"
83M
2ndtri
Uurik exposed
2212 F
Ta,
peg/dl
3
36 M
7
61 F
8
75F
12
18 F
21
40 M
29
64 F
30
Ailingnae exposed
aF
l
53 F
51F
45 F
41M
Diagnosis
1973
8.9
17.4
45.5
25.3
<1.0
3.9
1.7
4.4
13.3
6.2
7.0
12.9
<5.0
70
<1.0
<5.0
5.5
3.6
L.+
54
<2.5
94
6.9
4.6
6.0
<1.0
4.4
9.8
16.3
20.1
35.7
15.6