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

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Table 8 UVB in association with crude incidence of CRC: over 75 years of age for countries in northern hemisphere after controlling for covariates

Covariate	Regression Coefficient	Standard Error	t	p-value
UV B estimate^a	−1.43	0.25	−5.62	< 0.001
Stratospheric Ozone^b	−0.10	0.15	−0.67	0.51
Urbanization^c	0.10	0.38	0.26	0.80
Pigmentation^d	12.94	12.53	1.03	0.30
GDP^e	0.002	< 0.001	3.10	0.003
Life Expectancy^f	0.009	0.008	1.11	0.27
Smoking^g	1.41	0.95	1.50	0.14
Animal Consumption^h	0.83	0.32	2.57	0.01
Intercept	359.70	71.06	5.06	< 0.001

Model R² = 0.72; 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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