Table 6
Comparisons of Body Weight and Stature Between Exposed Children and Their Controls
(M = Male; F = Female; E = Exposed: C = Unexposed )
Comparisons
Body weight
Stature
Mvs. F
(each age separately)
E & C combined
F spurt at pubertyearlier
than M, but M>F after
puberty. F>>Mart age 13.
M>F at age 7.
F spurt at pubertyearlier than M, but M>F after puberty. F>M
at age 13. M>F at age 15, 16, 17, and 19.
E vs. C
M only
{each age separately}
Nosignificant difference.
Tendency toward E<C before age 12 by 4.4 to 8.5 cm. ECC significant at age 7 and 8.
Evs.C
F only
(each age separately )
No significant difference.
No significant difference.
E vs. C
M & F combined
(each age separately}
Nosignificant difference.
Nosignificant difference.
E vs. C*
Monly
(each age separately,
each age at exposure
separately)
No apparentdifference.
Tendency toward E<C tn children exposed before age 6, most apparentin those exposed at age 1, who were 4.9 to 6.3 cm shorter with
the difference increasing with increasing age, and E<C significant
at age 7 and 8.
E vs. C*
F only
(each age separately,
each age al exposure
separately}
No apparentdifference.
No apparent difference.
Because of small numbers in each group, the groups were compared graphically, except where the graphs suggested certain combinations which could be comparedstatistically.
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Table 7
Comparison of Body Weight, Stature, and Head Circumference Between Children Born
to Exposed Parents and Those Born to Unexposed Parents
(M = Male; F = Female: E = Children of exposed parents; C = Children of unexposed parents)
Comparison
Head circumference
Body weight
M vs. F
(each age separately)
E & C combined
M>F at age 3. Tendency
toward M>>F at older ages
but not significant.
Nosignificant difference.
Nosignificant difference.
E vs. C
Monly
(each age separately)
No significant difference.
No significant difference.
Tendency toward E<C at all ages by
1.8 to 9.9m. Significant at ages 1, 3,
and 4.
E vs. C
F only
(each age separately)
Nosignificant difference.
No significant difference.
Nosignificantdifference.
Evs.C
M & F combined
(each age separately)
Nosignificant difference.
No significant difference.
Nosignificant difference.
E vs, C*
M only
(each age and each
year of birth
separately)
No apparentdifference.
No apparentdifference.
E<C difference greatest in children
born 2 years after fallout. In these children,differenceis significant at ages 3
E vs. C*
F only
(each age and each
year of birth
separately}
No apparentdifference.
Stature
and 4. E<C difference diminishes with
increasing age.
No apparentdifference.
Nosignificant difference.
*For these comparisons, most of the groups being compared wereso small that it would have been impossible to demonstratestatistically significant differences. These groups were therefore compared graphically, except where the graphs
suggested certain combinations which could be comparedstatistically.