Table 2.

Summaries of fitting different age-period-cohort models to all-cause mortality data from the perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)-contaminated Red area. 1980–2018

	Marginal likelihood ratio (degrees of freedom)
	Males	Females
Age	147 (125)	131 (125)
Age + drift	144 (124)	126 (124)
Age + drift + cohort	94 (101)	105 (101)
Age + drift + period	117 (118)	109 (118)
Age + drift + cohort + period	87 (95)	95 (95)

The Red area includes the 30 municipalities in the provinces of Vicenza, Padua and Verona (northern Italy) connected to the PFAS-contaminated aqueduct