Could age increase the strength of inverse association between ultraviolet B exposure and colorectal cancer?

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Table 6 UVB in association with crude incidence of CRC: 45–59 years of age, controlling for covariates

Covariate	Regression Coefficient	Standard Error	t	p-value
UV B estimate^a	−0.14	0.04	−3.52	< 0.001
Stratospheric Ozone^b	0.01	0.03	0.39	0.70
Urbanization^c	−0.01	0.07	−0.17	0.86
Pigmentation^d	−2.14	1.83	−1.17	0.24
GDP^e	< 0.001	< 0.001	1.88	0.06
Life Expectancy^f	0.002	0.001	1.52	0.13
Smoking^g	0.37	0.17	2.16	0.03
Animal Consumption^h	0.20	0.06	3.42	< 0.001
Intercept	40.76	12.55	3.25	0.002

Model R² = 0.67; p < 0.001; ^aNASA TOMS Satellite package. ^bBeckman et al. ^cChristenson E et al. [22]. ^dJablonski et al. [21]. ^e,fThe World Bank. ^gInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). ^hThe Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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