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Table 2 Pearson correlation coefficient between concentrations of iron in groundwater (mg/l) and HCC mortality and incidence ASRs (per 100,000 person years)

From: Geographic patterns of hepatocellular carcinoma mortality with exposure to iron in groundwater in Taiwanese population: An ecological study

 

Iron concentration

 

Correlation coefficient

P-value

HCC mortality ASRs

  

 Male

0.286

0.004**

 Female

0.192

0.058

HCC incidence ASRs

  

 Male

0.375

< 0.001***

 Female

0.210

0.038*

  1. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001.
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BMC Public Health

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