Table 3.

Parameters of the distribution of the relative energy absorbed in the thyroid gland, f_U,a,s, for 38 age and gender groups of the rural and urban population of Ukraine. AM – arithmetic mean; SD – standard deviation; GM – geometric mean; GSD – geometric standard deviation.

Age	Urban								Rural
	AM		SD		GM		GSD		AM		SD		GM		GSD
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F
< 1	0.89		2.0		0.35		3.8		0.46		0.52		0.27		3.1
1	1.0		3.6		0.45		3.5		0.56		0.82		0.32		3.1
2	1.0		2.6		0.48		3.3		0.62		0.86		0.36		2.9
3	0.88		1.3		0.50		2.9		0.60		1.09		0.35		2.9
4	0.98		1.4		0.57		2.9		0.63		0.70		0.40		2.7
5	1.0		1.6		0.62		2.7		0.65		0.75		0.42		2.7
6	0.98		1.1		0.63		2.7		0.67		0.77		0.45		2.6
7	0.97		1.2		0.62		2.6		0.70		0.76		0.47		2.5
8	0.90		1.3		0.59		2.6		0.73		0.79		0.51		2.4
9	0.85		1.0		0.60		2.4		0.79		0.89		0.55		2.4
10	0.77	0.82	0.86	1.3	0.54	0.54	2.4	2.5	0.84	0.77	0.88	0.86	0.60	0.53	2.4	2.4
11	0.87	0.88	1.2	1.2	0.60	0.60	2.4	2.4	0.80	0.88	0.87	0.77	0.62	0.57	2.4	2.3
12	0.99	0.89	1.4	1.3	0.63	0.60	2.7	2.5	0.91	0.87	0.86	0.80	0.67	0.65	2.2	2.2
13	0.94	0.96	1.1	1.3	0.65	0.67	2.5	2.4	1.0	0.95	1.1	0.95	0.76	0.71	2.3	2.2
14	1.2	1.1	1.6	1.2	0.77	0.73	2.7	2.5	1.2	1.0	1.3	1.0	0.85	0.74	2.3	2.2
15	1.3	1.1	2.2	1.2	0.82	0.71	2.6	2.5	1.2	1.0	1.4	1.4	0.86	0.71	2.3	2.4
16	1.3	1.2	1.6	1.4	0.83	0.73	2.7	2.7	1.3	1.0	1.2	1.6	0.87	0.68	2.5	2.4
17	1.5	1.3	1.8	2.0	0.95	0.75	2.6	2.7	1.3	1.1	1.4	1.3	0.91	0.75	2.4	2.3
≥18	1.9	1.6	3.4	3.2	0.97	0.88	3.1	3.0	1.2	1.0	1.4	1.2	0.80	0.70	2.6	2.5