Technical Report No. 1-89
Whole-blood phagocytic and bactericidal activities of atomic bomb survivors, Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Sasagawa S, Yoshimoto Y, Toyota E, Neriishi S, Yamakido M, Matsuo M, Hosoda Y, Finch SCEditor’s note: A publication based on this report was published in Radiat Res 124:103-6, 1990.
Summary
This in vitro study evaluated the phagocytic and bactericidal activities of leukocytes in aliquots of whole blood from Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors for Staphylococcus aureus. The data were analyzed by multiple linear regression using the equation, [Editor’s note: Equation can not be rendered.] where X1, X2, and X3 are dummy variables of age categories, X4, X5, X6, and X7 are indicator variables for sex, exposure to A-bomb radiation, city, and neutrophils, respectively, and Xi X4 is interaction between the dummy variables for age categories and sex. Any significant effects of exposure to A-bomb radiation could not be detected for both phagocytic and bactericidal activities of whole blood from A-bomb survivors. In addition, there were no significant effects of age categories, sex or city, except in neutrophil counts.
This in vitro study evaluated the phagocytic and bactericidal activities of leukocytes in aliquots of whole blood from Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors for Staphylococcus aureus. The data were analyzed by multiple linear regression using the equation, [Editor’s note: Equation can not be rendered.] where X1, X2, and X3 are dummy variables of age categories, X4, X5, X6, and X7 are indicator variables for sex, exposure to A-bomb radiation, city, and neutrophils, respectively, and Xi X4 is interaction between the dummy variables for age categories and sex. Any significant effects of exposure to A-bomb radiation could not be detected for both phagocytic and bactericidal activities of whole blood from A-bomb survivors. In addition, there were no significant effects of age categories, sex or city, except in neutrophil counts.