Technical Report No. 11-61

ABCC-JNIH Adult Health Study, Hiroshima, 1958-59; preliminary report

Hollingsworth JW, Anderson PS

 

Editor’s note:

No journal article was published.

Summary

The first 4151 clinical examinations of radiation exposed and nonexposed persons in the Hiroshima Adult Health Study have been tabulated and reviewed. No evident differences in past history, medical symptoms, physical examination, laboratory findings, nor disease incidence could be related to the atomic radiation in 1945. The sample is small and represents only a portion of the first cycle of an examination procedure that is planned to continue indefinitely at approximately two year intervals.

This report, consisting of a review of the program and the findings in this preliminary sample, includes extensive tabular data (Tables 28-65) from the coded medical information. It was not expected that radiation induced changes would be evident from this sample unless they were of unexpected prominence. The report was prepared primarily to describe the problems inherent in an epidemiologic medical study of this sort, and to review the type of data that can be obtained for future analyses. This analysis was conducted to pinpoint some of the problems; to assist others contemplating this type of medical study; to illuminate for ABCC the data that are being collected; and to suggest ways to use these data most effectively.

 

Editor’s note:

The following components of this report contain data on communicable disease frequencies, allergies, malignancies, and many other symptoms that may be of interest from a public health standpoint.

 

List of Tables

1. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima, participation scores 1958-1960, by schedule groups and exposure
2. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, family history of specific diseases, number, by sex and exposure
3. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, family history of specific diseases, percentage distribution, by sex and exposure
4. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, marital status, percentage distribution, by sex and exposure
5. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, medical history of specific diseases, percentage distribution, by sex and exposure
6. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, physical findings of head and neck, eyes, and skin, percentage distribution, by sex and exposure
7. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, physical findings of breast and lungs; ears, nose, and oropharynx; and abdomen, percentage distribution, by sex and exposure
8. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, radial pulse count, percentage distribution, mean, and standard deviation, by age at examination and sex
9. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, radial pulse count, percentage distribution, mean, and standard deviation, by sex and exposure
10. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, percentage distribution, mean, and standard deviation by age at examination and sex
11. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, percentage distribution, mean, and standard deviation by sex and exposure
12. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure by age at examination, sex, and exposure
13. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, mean and standard deviation for height and weight by age at examination and sex
14. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, hemoglobin value, percentage distribution, by sex and exposure
15. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, hemoglobin value, mean, standard deviation, and standard error by sex, age at examination, and exposure
16. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, hemoglobin value, summary mean, standard deviation, and correlation with radiation dose by sex
17. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, mean sedimentation rate by age at examination, sex, and exposure
18. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, white blood count, percentage distribution, mean, and standard deviation by sex and exposure
19. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils, and basophils, mean and standard deviation by white blood count
20. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, results of urine microscopic examination, percentage distribution, by sex and exposure
21. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, proteinuria and sugar in urine, percentage distribution, by sex and exposure
22. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, results of stool examination, percentage distribution, by sex and exposure
23. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, results of significance tests, positive vs negative findings specified intestinal parasites
24. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, blood type, percentage distribution, combined sex, by exposure
25. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, cholesterol value, percentage distribution, by age at examination and sex
26. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, electrocardiographic findings, percentage distribution, by sex and exposure
27. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, electrocardiographic findings, percentage distribution, by age at examination and sex
28. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, marital status, number, by sex and exposure
29. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, medical history of specific diseases, number, by sex and exposure
30. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, medical history of specific symptoms, number and percentage, by sex and exposure
31. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, history of symptoms related to cardiopulmonary system, number and percentage, by sex and exposure
32. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, history of symptoms related to gastrointestinal system, number and percentage by sex and exposure
33. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, history of symptoms related to the genitourinary system, number and percentage by sex and exposure
34. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, history of symptoms related to the musculoskeletal system, number and percentage, by sex and exposure
35. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, physical findings of head and neck, eyes, and skin, number, by sex and exposure
36. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, physical findings of breast and lungs; ears, nose, and oropharynx; and abdomen; number, by sex and exposure
37. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, radial pulse count, number, by age at examination, sex, and exposure
38. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, systolic and diastolic blood pressure readings, number, by age at examination and sex
39. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, systolic and diastolic blood pressure readings, number, by sex and exposure
40. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, standing height values, number and percentage, by sex and exposure
41. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, sitting height values, number and percentage, by sex and exposure
42. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, weight, number and percentage, by sex and age at examination
43. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, weight, number and percentage, by sex and exposure
44. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, hemoglobin values, number and percentage, by age at examination, sex, and exposure
45. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, red blood count, number and percentage, by sex and exposure
46. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, hematocrit values, number and percentage, by sex and exposure
47. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, mean corpuscular volume values, number and percentage, by sex and exposure
48. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, sedimentation rate, number and percentage, by age at examination and sex
49. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, sedimentation rate, number and percentage by sex and exposure
50. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, white blood count, number, by sex and exposure
51. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, neutrophils, number and percentage, by white blood count, sex and exposure combined
52. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, lymphocytes and monocytes, number and percentage, by white blood count, sex and exposure combined
53. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, eosinophils and basophils, number and percentage by white blood count, sex and exposure combined
54. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, urinalysis, number, by result, sex, and exposure
55. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, results of stool examination, number, by sex and exposure
56. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, blood type, number, combined sex, by exposure
57. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, cholesterol value, number and percentage, by sex and exposure
58. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, cholesterol value, number, by age at examination and sex
59. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, electrocardiographic findings, number, by age at examination and sex
60. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, electrocardiographic findings, number, by sex and exposure
61. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, mitral systolic murmur, number and percentage, by age at examination and sex
62. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, mitral systolic murmur, number and percentage, by sex and exposure
63. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, aortic systolic murmur, number and percentage, by age at examination and sex
64. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, aortic systolic murmur, number and percentage, by sex and exposure
65. ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, diagnoses, number, by international statistical classification and exposure, sex combined

 

Figure 1. 

ME-200 Adult Health Study Hiroshima 1958-1959, mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure by age at examination, sex, and exposure