Radiation May Indirectly Impair Growth Resulting in Reduced Standing Height via Subclinical Inflammation in Atomic-Bomb Survivors Exposed at Young Ages
Table 2
Details of the inflammatory disease cases among 3,327 subjects found from 1988 to 1992.
Disease
Number of cases
Percentage
Inflammatory diseases
1,413
100%
Infections
425
30.1
HIV
0
0
Thyroiditis
137
9.7
Tonsillitis
5
0.4
Pneumonia
19
1.3
Influenza
0
0
Bronchitis
16
1.1
Crohn’s disease
0
0
Ulcerative colitis
0
0
Chronic liver disease (cirrhosis)
446
31.6
Chronic pancreatitis
15
1.1
Pancreatitis
24
1.7
Acute glomerulonephritis
0
0
Subacute nephrosis
1
0.1
Chronic glomerulonephritis
11
0.8
Glomerulonephritis
1
0.1
SLE (systemic lupus erythematosus)
4
0.3
PSS (progressive systemic sclerosis)
2
0.1
Sjogren’s syndrome
1
0.1
Dermatomyositis
0
0
Polymyositis
1
0.1
Rheumatoid arthritis
40
2.8
Osteoarthritis
543
38.4
Note that the total number of cases in all subcategories is greater than the total number of cases, 1413, because subjects could have multiple inflammatory diseases.
