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

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Table 11 Modeled 25(OH) D in association with incidence of CRC in 0–14 years of age, controlling for covariates

Covariate	Regression Coefficient	Standard Error	t	p-value
Modeled 25(OH) D, ng/ml^a	< 0.001	< 0.001	−0.49	0.63
Urbanization^b	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.53	0.60
GDP^c	< 0.001	< 0.001	2.84	0.005
Life Expectancy^d	< 0.001	< 0.001	−0.07	0.95
Smoking^e	< 0.001	0.001	0.51	0.61
Animal Consumption^f	< 0.001	< 0.001	−1.54	0.13
Intercept	0.02	0.04	0.50	0.62

Model R² = 0.06; p = 0.02; ^aMohr S, B, Gorham E, D, Garland C, F, Grant W, B, Garland F, C: Low Ultraviolet B and Increased Risk of Brain Cancer: An Ecological Study of 175 Countries. Neuroepidemiology 2010; 35:281–290. doi: https://doi.org/10.1159/000314350. ^bChristenson E et al. [22]. ^c,d The World Bank. ^eInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). ^f The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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