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

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Table 7 UVB in association with crude incidence of CRC: 60–74 years of age, controlling for covariates

Covariate	Regression Coefficient	Standard Error	t	p-value
UV B estimate ^a	−0.69	0.13	−5.35	< 0.001
Stratospheric Ozone^b	−0.02	0.09	−0.19	0.85
Urbanization^c	0.05	0.22	0.23	0.82
Pigmentation^d	−7.84	6.05	−1.29	0.20
GDP^e	< 0.001	< 0.001	1.97	0.051
Life Expectancy^f	0.004	0.004	0.10	0.33
Smoking^g	0.95	0.57	1.67	0.10
Animal Consumption^h	0.48	0.19	2.52	0.01
Intercept	200.9	41.45	4.85	< 0.001

Model R² = 0.71; 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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