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. 2000 May 23;97(11):6067–6072. doi: 10.1073/pnas.97.11.6067

Table 2.

Partial correlations of cancer incidence (INCID) distances with ethnohistoric (ETH), genetic (GEN), and geographic (GEO) distances in Europe

ICD no. Cancer r(INCID,ETH.GEN,GEO)
r(INCID,GEN.ETH,GEO)
Males Females Males Females
140 Lip −0.0146 −0.0129 0.0604 0.0882
141 Tongue −0.0193 0.0041 0.0616 0.0141
142 Salivary gland 0.0061 −0.0075 −0.0003 0.0289
143–145 Mouth −0.0263 −0.0057 0.0857 0.0339*
146 Oropharynx −0.0225 0.0120 0.0656 −0.0315
147 Nasopharynx −0.0126 −0.0247 0.0476 0.0720*
148 Hypopharynx −0.0137 −0.0238 0.0529* 0.0701
149 Unspecified pharynx −0.0084 −0.0002 0.0365* 0.0479
150 Esophagus −0.0428 −0.0165 0.1342 0.0494
151 Stomach −0.0186 −0.0156 0.0922 0.0687
152 Small intestine 0.0047 0.0086 −0.0057 −0.0389
153 Colon −0.0153 −0.0281 0.0708 0.1127
154 Rectum −0.0103 −0.0048 0.0344 0.0222
155 Liver −0.0196 −0.0380 0.0567 0.1061
156 Gall bladder −0.0051 −0.0076 −0.0040 0.0069
157 Pancreas −0.0119 −0.0114 0.0217 0.0222
158 Peritoneum −0.0118 −0.0053 0.0303* 0.0202
160 Nose/sinuses −0.0095 0.0000 0.0416* 0.0013
161 Larynx −0.0309 −0.0022 0.0996 0.0160
162 Bronchus/trachea/lung −0.0106 −0.0155 0.0239 0.0290
163 Pleura 0.0078 0.0025 0.0045 −0.0010
164 Other thoracic −0.0048 −0.0132 0.0098 0.0582
170 Bone −0.0010 −0.0103 0.0279 0.0508
171 Connective tissue 0.0026 −0.0005 0.0085 0.0285
172 Melanoma 0.0173 0.0030 −0.0285 −0.0099
173 Other skin 0.0185 0.0183 −0.0328 −0.0393
174 Breast −0.0044 −0.0114 0.0624 0.0704
180 Cervix uteri −0.0020 −0.0116
181 Chorionepithelioma −0.0195 0.1259
182 Corpus uteri −0.0102 0.0364
183 Ovary −0.0226 0.0320*
184 Other female genital −0.0018 0.0068
185 Prostate 0.0047 0.0055
186 Testis −0.0011 0.0079
187 Penis −0.0073 0.0295
188 Bladder −0.0133 −0.0051 0.0782 0.0304*
189 Other urinary −0.0031 −0.0038 0.0219 0.0066
190 Eye 0.0134 0.0058 −0.0362 −0.0054
191–192 Brain/nervous system 0.0085 0.0147 −0.0168 −0.0297
193 Thyroid 0.0027 0.0123 0.0115 −0.0072
194 Other endocrine 0.0171 0.0108 −0.0382 −0.0424
200+202 Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma 0.0069 −0.0073 0.0077 0.0597
201 Hodgkin's disease −0.0211 −0.0018 0.0733 0.0213
203 Multiple myeloma −0.0157 0.0098 0.0683 −0.0137
204 Lymphatic leukemia −0.0003 0.0061 0.0047 0.0157
205 Myeloid leukemia −0.0072 −0.0045 0.0468* 0.0219*
206 Monocytic leukemia 0.0021 −0.0051 0.0165 −0.0009
207 Other leukemia 0.0040 −0.0019 −0.0004 0.0203
208 Unspecified leukemia 0.0076 0.0112 0.0048 −0.0124
209 Myelofibrosis 0.0030 0.0031 0.0635 0.1747*
Mean r −0.0057 −0.0046 0.0312 0.0269
Combined P 1.00000 1.00000 0.00000 0.00000

ICD 209 averages based on three genetic systems only. All other averages based on minimally 15 systems (males) or 14 systems (females). *, 0.01 < P ≤ 0.05; †, 0.001 < P ≤ 0.01; ‡, P ≤ 0.001.