Table
Group
age 1954
Rongela
<10
10-18
>18
Total
Ailingnae
<10
10-18
>18
Total
1.
Summary of thyroid abnormalities in the Marshallese,
(Corrected = matched control value subtracted.)*
Total nodules
Est. thy.
No. dose, rad
No.
22
12
33
67
810-1150T
335- 810
335
556 av.
17
3
3
23
77.3
25.0
9.1
34.3
74.7
17.4
1.2
28.5
7
1
ll
19
275-450
190
#135
217 av.
2
28.6
26.0
4
6
36.4
31.6
28.5
35.8
4
Corrected % No.
1
1
2
4
Carcinoma
%
4.5
8.3
6.1
6.0
275-1150
190- 810
135- 335
482 av.
19
3.
7
29
65.5
23.1
15.9
«33.7
62.8
15.5
8.0
27.9
1
1
2
4
3.4
7.7
4.5
4.7
2.5
7.7
3.8
4.0
Ucirik
<10
10-18
>18
Total
60-95
30-60
«30
51 av.
5
3°
9
17
4.7
14.2
11.4
9.1
5.2
6.7
3.5
4.6
1
1
1
3.
1.6
4.8
1.3
1.8
0.7
4.8
0.6
1.1
2
1
2
5
0.9
1.3
0.7
0.8
Matched controls,
<10
10-18
>18
Total
229
79
292
600
4%
Corrected &%
3
13.6
13.6
4
7
11.8
10.4
11.9
10.1
Total
lesions
Corrected 4%
88.0
17.4
13.2
38.7
26.0
Rong. + Ail.
<10
29
10-18
13
>18
44
Total
86
64
21
79
164
Hypofunction**
Corrected 4 No.
3.6
8.3
5.4
5.2
1981.
1
1
9.0
5.2
8.8
5.0
37.3
30.8
3
10.3
10.3
5
8
11.4
9.3
11.1
9.0
73.1
15.5
19.1
36.9
5.2
6.7
3.5
4.6
unexposed
6
6
23
35
2.6
7.6
7.9
5.8
l
1
2
1.3
0.3
0.3
2.6tt
8.9
8.2
6.2
*The cancer estimates are possibly underestimated since all unoperated nodules
were considered benign for these calculations.
Occult carcinomas were not
included under carcinoma.
**No nodule cases with hypofunction are included.
(See Tables 1 and 2, Appendix
IV.) |
tThe lower dose estimates for the <10 group were used for in utero cases.
tTNo correction necessary.
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