Skip to main content
. 2010 Jun 25;10(1):58–65. doi: 10.2203/dose-response.10-010.Hart

TABLE 1.

Correlations with cancer mortality and six predictors from strongest to weakest.

Predictor Coefficient p-value for coefficient
Smoking 0.729 <0.0001
Physical activity −0.671 <0.0001
Elevation −0.656 <0.0001
Obesity 0.638 <0.0001
High school+ −0.601 <0.0001
Health perception −0.530 <0.0001
Diet −0.246 0.08
Income −0.203 0.1
Insurance 0.189 0.1

Bold = moderate strength (∼ 0.400), statistically significant (p <0.05) correlation coefficients.