33 Table 13 MeanLevels of Peripheral Blood Elements of Children of Exposed Parent(s) Compared to Those of Children of Unexposed Parents Plate. WBC we emt meen eel (10°?) Males, <7 yr Of exposed parent(s) Of unexposed parents Females, <(7 yr Of exposed parent(s) Of unexposed parents Males, <7 yr Of exposed parent(s) Of unexposed parents Females, <7 yr Of exposed parent(s) Of unexposed parents Neut. (10°) 351+ 94(11)* 83419 374-104 (20) 10.3429 426+ 90(10) 11.3425 413> 68(17) 107428 3.61.3 4.30.8 4741.2 36.44 1.0 36.143.4 429 +92 (11) 439-£41 (18) 35.5£2.0 433440 (6) Eosin. (10) 0.10.08 5041.2 0.2+01 5.61.9 4641.8 RBC (x 107%) Mono. (107) 45+2.0 Het., % 37.0+2.0 Lymph. (10) (2K 107) 0.4£0.2 0.6+0.3 0.6405 0.20.1 5341.6 0.60.3 0.6+0.5 Hgb., g 0.70.3 Serum protein, g 10.40.4 (4) ~ 10.8£0.6 (7) 10.4 0.50.2 0.80.4 0.2+0.1 448-42 (16) Baso. (10) 7.2 (1) (3) 10.90.2 (9) *Standard deviation and numberof people in group. elements in the male children of exposed parents (age <(7 years) also are lower than levels in male | children of unexposed parents (Table 13), and that these same children appeared to show suggestive evidence of retardation of growth and development(see section on Growth and Develop- | | ment). The slight anemic tendency inthe Rongelap _*?°F the explanation wasnotclear. Serum iron levels were generally not depressed. It is possible that anothertype ofnutritional deficiency exists. However, their serum protein (particularly gamma . . : globulin) and serum vitamin B,, levels tended to be high. The high incidence of eosinophilia may . ; . . be related to chronic fungus infection of the skin, intestinal parasites, or other causes. +10 4 r & £= ° O- 8h Ligh &Q “is 10) . : people, noted in the past, wasstill evident, though - . . HEMATOLOGICAL DATA % DIFFERENCE IN CHILDREN OF EXPOSED FROM CHILDREN OF UNEXPOSED PARENTS MALES EXPOSED PARENTS-I! 415k (tneXPOseD " +5 ZE NAL 30) HCT A FEMALES EXPOSED PARENTS “10 ) (Erexeosep « y ig) Rte Sa HCT N= L NEUTROPHILS LYMPHOCYTES P= PLATELETS HCT= HEMATOCRIT 20 | 7 3 4 _ 4 4 OTHER LABORATORY STUDIES Serum Iron qg7Gbu C43 CF -7 Figure 51. Sex and agedistribution of percent differences of peripheral blood elements in children of exposed parents (one or both exposed) compared with children of unexposed parents. - aM ees ne ame ee a Serum iron levels were determined in 16 people (11 exposed and 5 control unexposed) who had an anemic tendency. The results are presented in Table 14 along with the hematocrit. With 83 yg considered as the lower limit of normal, only Nos. SY cee nearer ce Rmeee Sy ACA ee a NE temper: NORM RETR Coot Irn mice ap ogy, oS a mm iN ee : 4 * re ee ~ EE WE te a meee