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TABLE I
_Correlation of criteria with age and radiation exposure
Correlation
Correlation With
With Age;
Radiation
r Value
Percent
:
Significance *(P)
Greyness
0. 87
+17.0
Arcus Senilis
0. 83
0. 0
N.S. (1. 00)
Accommodation
0. 81
-14.1
N.S. (0.11)
Skin Retraction
0. 74
+ 7.3
N.S. (0. 68)
Skin Looseness
0.70
+ 1.6
N.S. (0. 82)
Vibratory Sense
(M+F)
0. 70%
-
N.S. (0.90, 0. 20)
Visual Acuity
0.69
+14.0
Hearing Loss
0.67
+ 7.9
N.S. (0. 40)
Hand Grip (M+F)
0. 6 7%
+13.8(M), +13. 8(F)|
N.S. (0.15, 0.18)
Reaction Time
(M+F) (light
extinction test)
0. 642%
-
N.S. (0.88, 0.55}
Systolic Blood
Pressure
0.55
-11.5
N.S. (0. 30)
Potassium (M+F)
0, 41**
-14,6(M), +10.6(F)
N.S. (0.17, 0.22)
Cholesterol
0.39
-17.2
N.S. (0.0501)
Neuromuscular
Function (M+F)
0. 367
+ 3.2(M), + 1. 1(F)}
N.S. (0.85, 0. 95)
Combined Score***#
0.99
+ 7.0
N.S. (0.27)
1.4(M), +24. 6(F)]
:
2,0(M}, -10.5(F)j}
N.S. (0. 70)
N.S. (0. 59)
(hand talley)
*
N.S. - not significant at 5% level.
%
*
*
ste ste
a AS
rvalues for males and females averaged.
Weighted according to r value