Table 24 Table 27 Protein Bound Iodine, Total Iodine, and Butanol Extractable Iodine in Marshallese Sera, 1959 ABO Frequency Among Marshallese and Polynesians Subject No. PBI Total BEI Present report 10 19 se 7.0 4.1 o2 9.0 2.0 _ 70 as 44 6.7 _— 3.4 3 49 ' Mean 6 9 818 9.2 863 nee 987 B15 -M ~ Unexposed O A B 853 M 854 893 956 991 F F F F Graydon*® Gene frequency r. pe 4. 3.3 0.768 128 103 39.1 60.9 0 0 0.723. 135 134 0.626 374 0 6.7 25 62 ~ _ 4.9 to 5.0 MN and Kell-Diego Frequency Among Marshallese and Polynesians 9.3 ~~ 3.3 Marshallese 4.8 Present report Percent M Cee ABO sugar, Weight, Height, blood Age mg/100 mi 54 41 50 51 52.2 21.4 21.1 4.5 Table 25 54 Simmons and 7.5 F Sex 60.7 19.7 15.1 AB _ r . Subjects From Rongelap With Glucosuria No. et al.”* — 6.3 ean Percent , . Simmons Polynesian (310 persons) (678 persons) (138 persons) Exposed Subject Marshallese ug % Iodine 200 172 312 103 278 © MN cm group 176 i560 =O 130 —_ 151 155 19 70 Gene frequency m n B O O A 10 22 N Ib 72 — 134 184 8 71 0.194 0.806 Others Kell (K) Diego (Di*) Simmons et al.** 0.220 0.780 0 0 Polynesian’ Simmons and Gravdon** 196 47.8 32.6 0.435 0.565 0 0 Table 26 Deaths Reported as Due to Diabetes in the U.S. and in the MarshallIslands District of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (1956 and 1957 Data Combined)* Population US. Marshall Islands Total deaths 337,552,000 27,215 3,197,604 160 Deaths Diabetes deaths per 1000 Diabetes deaths 9.5 53,364 5.9 10 per 100,000 population 15.8 Diabetes deaths per 1000 deaths 16.7 36.7 62.5 0.01 >p>0.001 p>0.001 *The popualtions, total deaths, and diabetes deaths for 1956 and 1957 were totaled to get the average deaths per 1000 and diabetes deaths per 100,000 for these two years. Data for the U.S. are from reference 27 and for the Marshall Islands from Dr. H.E. Macdonald (see text).