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

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Table 9 UVB in association with crude incidence of CRC: over 75 years of age for countries in southern hemisphere after controlling for covariates

Covariate	Regression Coefficient	Standard Error	t	p-value
UV B estimate^a	−1.18	0.47	−2.52	0.02
Stratospheric Ozone^b	0.57	0.36	1.59	0.13
Urbanization^c	0.53	0.78	0.67	0.51
Pigmentation^d	−89.49	24.56	−3.64	0.002
GDP^e	0.002	0.003	0.82	0.43
Life Expectancy^f	0.02	0.01	1.73	0.10
Smoking^g	−3.53	2.64	−1.34	0.20
Animal Consumption^h	−0.82	1.02	−0.81	0.43
Intercept	475.41	179.95	2.54	0.02

Model R² = 0.81; 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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