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Table 1 Health status of evacuees and controls in Kyiv, Ukraine, at age 19

From: Subjective health legacy of the Chornobyl accident: a comparative study of 19-year olds in Kyiv

 

Total

Evacuees

Classmates

Population controls

Medical examination

n = 722

n = 217

n = 229

n = 276

Enlarged lymph nodes

42 (5.8)

14 (6.5)

7 (3.1)

21 (7.6)

Enlarged thyroida, b

80 (8.6)

38 (17.8)

20 (8.7)

22 (8.0)

BMI

    

   Underweight (<18.5)

87 (12.0)

21 (9.7)

33 (14.4)

33 (12.0)

   Normal weight (18.5-24.9)

533 (73.8)

162 (74.7)

167 (72.9)

204 (73.9)

   Overweight (25-29.9)

81 (11.2)

27 (12.4)

21 (9.2)

33 (12.0)

   Obese (>30)

21 (2.9)

7 (3.2)

8 (3.5)

6 (2.2)

Diastolic blood pressure

    

   Optimal (<80)

498 (69.0)

143 (65.9)

153 (66.8)

202 (73.2)

   Normal (80-84)

175 (24.2)

57 (26.3)

64 (27.9)

54 (19.6)

   High (≥ 85)

49 (6.8)

17 (7.8)

12 (5.2)

20 (7.2)

Systolic blood pressure

    

   Optimal (<120)

471 (65.2)

131 (60.4)

151 (65.9)

189 (68.5)

   Normal (120-129)

176 (24.4)

64 (29.5)

57 (24.9)

55 (19.9)

   High (≥ 130)

75 (10.4)

22 (10.1)

21 (9.2)

32 (11.6)

Visual acuity, averagec

    

   logMAR 0

462 (64.0)

149 (68.7)

142 (62.0)

171 (62.0)

   0 < logMAR < 1

208 (28.8)

53 (24.4)

70 (30.6)

85 (30.8)

   logMAR ≥ 1

52 (7.2)

15 (6.9)

17 (7.4)

20 (7.2)

Cataracts

4 (0.6)

4 (1.8)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Physician summaryd

    

   Healthy

77 (10.7)

20 (9.2)

35 (15.3)

22 (8.0)

   Minor health problem(s)

572 (79.2)

171 (78.8)

177 (77.3)

224 (81.2)

   Major health problem(s)

73 (10.1)

26 (12.0)

17 (7.4)

30 (10.9)

Blood tests e

n = 707

n = 213

n = 224

n = 270

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

    

   Median

14.2

14.2

14.0

14.4

   Interquartile range

13.2-15.5

13.2-15.3

13.0-15.7

13.3-15.6

Platelets (10^9/L)

    

   Median

231

231

236

226

   Interquartile range

197.0-270.0

195.5-267.0

204.25-272.0

195.75-265.25

Erythrocytes (10^12/L)

    

   Median

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

   Interquartile range

4.5-5.2

4.5-5.2

4.4-5.2

4.4-5.2

Leukocytes (10^9/L)

    

   Median

6.4

6.4

6.5

6.3

   Interquartile range

5.4-7.6

5.5-7.6

5.5-7.6

5.3-7.4

TSHa

    

   <0.4

18 (2.6)

4 (1.9)

9 (4.0)

5 (1.9)

   0.4-4.0

660 (93.8)

195 (92.9)

207 (92.4)

258 (95.6)

   >4.0

26 (3.7)

11 (5.2)

8 (3.6)

7 (2.6)

  1. Number and percentage (in parentheses) of participants having each finding is shown.
  2. aExcludes 5 adolescents who had a thyroidectomy (4 evacuees and 1 population control).
  3. bChi squared = 13.7, p < 0.001
  4. cLogMAR = logarithm (base 10) of the minimum angle of resolution; average logMAR = average of right and left eye38
  5. dChi squared = 9.7, p = 0.046
  6. eNo differences were found on other blood tests, including differentiation of lymphocytes into B and T cells and NK cells.
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