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Table 6. Population survey data of 50 persons before and after intervention
and follow-up reveals a baseline T 4 averaging 3.12 (with many less
than 1.0) and TSH averaging 48.36 (with many above 100) before any
iodine repletion efforts
T 4 normal 4.5-12.5 µg/dl TSH normal 0.3-5 µIU/ml
Person Pre-Inj 1 Inject 2 Inject Pre-Inj 1 Inject 2 Inject
1 3.6 8.0 6.6 25.5 3.2 2.2
2 15.8 6.8 6.3 1.2 1.1 0.5
3 4.3 10.5 5.1 2.1 0.6 2.3
4 6.9 8.3 7.6 2.8 0.4 0.8
5 1.7 5.3 6.3 4.0 3.4 0.2
6 5.0 5.5 8.8 4.3 2.3 0.8
7 1.4 3.2 6.9 8.3 3.6 1.5
8 1.9 6.9 8.0 2.4 4.4 1.6
9 0.7 13.3 3.7 217.1 3.7 51.5
10 0.6 11.5 3.8 320.1 0.6 7.1
11 0.2 7.7 7.9 331.1 2.2 0.9
12 0.2 7.7 8.2 45.5 1.1 0.4
13 0.1 9.4 9.6 746.1 1.6 1.0
14 0.1 8.7 9.8 132.6 0.4 0..8
15 3.8 8.4 8.2 4.7 3. 0.9
16 1.2 6.0 7.44 20.8 3.4 4.9
17 2.6 5.3 8.9 7.7 14.9 3.5
18 1.7 4.0 10.2 7.4 5.9 0.8
19 6.2 7.3 7.1 2.7 1.0 0.7
20 0.7 2.8 9.1 159.1 54.2 1.4
21 0.4 4.3 8.0 120.6 1.7 3.2
22 3.3 3.6 6.7 10.1 4.5 3.9
23 3.7 11.4 7.9 3.8 2.0 3.9
24 1.6 6.6 2.7 7.5 1.1 3.6
25 0.6 6.0 2.7 26.2 2.6 0.5
26 5.2 4.2 4.6 3.4 2.0 7.9
27 2.8 9.3 3.3 8.0 1.4 3.5
28 3.3 5.4 2.1 2.2 1.0 1.7
29 2.7 5.6 2.0 8.9 5.1 5.1
30 2.0 2.9 8.5 3.8 2.8 0.2
31 3.1 6.1 2.9 4.0 3.5 0.8
32 1.3 8.7 5.2 15.2 5.6 1.0
33 1.4 4.1 1.3 34.4 3.7 16.1
34 1.6 9.7 8.0 3.5 1.3 3.4
35 4.5 6.8 4.2 1.4 1.3 9.5
36 3.2 5.9 6.3 4.5 1.8 1.8
37 2.8 6.3 4.0 3.8 1.3 1.9
38 3.8 1.9 4.3 1.5 1.1 8.8
39 4.4 4.9 4.9 3.0 3.8 7.4
40 1.0 4.6 4.6 32.3 1.1 5.6
41 4.5 6.0 5.5 4.1 5.5 2.5
42 0.4 7.0 4.7 55.1 17.9 2.8
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