Table 24
Percent Differences of Various Hematological Determinations Comparing Exposed Groups With Unexposed Group
Leuks.
Plats.
Rongelap
~
Neuts.
Lympbhs.
1959*
1961
— 5.9
—14.9( p<0.01)
— 5.5
— 39
— 8.2
— 6.0
— 0.5
-— 55
1963
—16.0 ( p<0.01)
—- 35
— +4
— 39
1962
— 80 ( pccd.l)
1964
11.1 ( pcd0.0l)
— 49
1965
—10.5 ( p<0.05)
+ 0.1
Ailingnae
1959
+
— 44
1.4
— 48
— 63
— B4
— 22.1 { p<0.02)
—26.4 ( p<0.1)
—1i.dt
—
— 15.1 ( p<0.05)
— 67
1965
+248 ( p<0.01)
~ 27
Utirik
1963
+ 22.7 ( p<cO0.01)
—
PERCENT DEPRESSION
WHITE BLOOD CELLS
(AVERAGE COUNTS)
“PLATELETS
YERAGE COLNTS)
boi.
|
6
—— DAYS ——Mo,
ob
I
ot
2
i
3
fp
4
5
6
YEARS ~--
7
8
— 13.6
—17.7 ( p<0.1)
+ 39
— 2.6
+ 2.0
*Earlier data will be analyzed in the near future.
25 50
— 1
+ 5.7
—12.6( p<0.1)
— 65
— 23.4 ( p<0.01)
+ 48
—23.5 ( p<0.01)
— 13.0 ( p<0.01)
— 5.1
1961
1962
1963
1964
—13.6 ( p<c0.05)
9
> --—-
TIME AFTER FALLOUT
Figure 65. Depression of blood elements in Rongelap exposed people compared with average counts of unexposed
people.
Figure 66. Two-hit chromosome aberrations in exposed
Marshallese. Top: arrow points to dicentric form; bottom;
arrow points to ring form.
+ 8.1
—11.0
— 20.8 ( p<0.01)
— 3.6
— 3.2