TABLE 4.
Comparison of Thyroid Doses from Intake of Radioiodine Isotopes (131I, 132Te+132I, and 133I) and from Intake of 131I Broken Down According to Various Groupings of the Cohort Members
| Thyroid dose (Gy) from intake of |
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| all radioiodine isotopes (131I, 132T+132I, 133I) |
131I separately |
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| Parameter | N | Mean | Median | Mean | Median |
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| Evacuated settlements | |||||
| Prypiat-town | 731 | 1.2 | 0.55 | 0.84 | 0.35 |
| Other evacuated settlements | 697 | 0.80 | 0.32 | 0.67 | 0.27 |
| No evacuation | 11,776 | 0.55 | 0.20 | 0.50 | 0.19 |
| Type of settlement of residence a | |||||
| Rural | 10,486 | 0.62 | 0.23 | 0.55 | 0.21 |
| Urban | 2,698 | 0.52 | 0.18 | 0.41 | 0.15 |
| Sex | |||||
| Boys | 6,492 | 0.62 | 0.23 | 0.55 | 0.21 |
| Girls | 6,712 | 0.58 | 0.21 | 0.50 | 0.18 |
| Entire cohort | 13,204 | 0.60 | 0.22 | 0.53 | 0.20 |
Excluding 20 study subjects with an unknown type of settlement of residence outside Ukraine.