Table 5.

Cross-correlation coefficients for the factors used in this study

Factor	Lung cancer M (β, adjusted R, p)	Lung cancer F (β, adjusted R, p)	Urban residence (β, adjusted R, p)	UVB dose (β, adjusted R, p)
1950–1969
Alcohol	0.14, 0.02, 0.002	0.21, 0.04*	0.71, 0.51*	−0.30, 0.09*
Lung, M		0.71, 0.51*	0.21, 0.04*	0.14, 0.02, 0.002
Lung, F			0.26, 0.07*	0.19, 0.03*
Urban				ȡ0.006, 0.00, 0.88
1970–1994
Alcohol	−0.30, 0.09*	0.22, 0.05*	0.54, 0.29*	−0.15, 0.02, 0.001
Lung, M		0.59, 0.35*	−0.27, 0.07*	0.12, 0.01, 0.006
Lung, F			0.16, 0.02*	0.09, 0.006, 0.05
Urban				0.07, 0.001, 0.11

M, male; F, female.

^*p < 0.001; β, normalized regression coefficient.