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

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Table 12 Modeled 25(OH) D in association with incidence of CRC in 15–29 years of age, controlling for covariates

Covariate	Regression Coefficient	Standard Error	t	p-value
Modeled 25(OH) D, ng/ml^a	−0.004	0.004	−1.16	0.25
Urbanization^b	0.005	0.002	2.01	0.046
GDP^c	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.26	0.79
Life Expectancy^d	< 0.001	< 0.001	−0.39	0.69
Smoking^e	−0.003	0.006	−0.58	0.56
Animal Consumption^f	< 0.001	0.002	0.37	0.71
Intercept	0.58	0.25	2.29	0.02

Model R² = 0.10; p = 0.002; ^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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