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Published in final edited form as: Eur J Cancer Prev. 2010 May;19(3):216–226. doi: 10.1097/CEJ.0b013e3283354847

Table 3.

Estimated means with 99% CI for perceived threat and preferred level of suntan by repondent’s country of residence adjusted for age, gender, skin type, hair colour, experience of sunburn before the age of 16, number of freckles, number of moles, family history of melanoma, and experience of own previous melanoma.

Perceived threat
(min=0, max=4)
Preferred level of tan
(min=0, max=4)

Adjusted mean (99% CI) Sig.a Adjusted mean (99% CI) Sig.a
Country of residence
  Sweden (SW) 2.59 (2.54–2.63) <UK, GE, SP, IT, IS, USA, AU 3.11 (3.04–3.18) >LA, UK, NE, GE, PO, SL, SP, IT, IS, USA, AU
  Latvia (LA) 2.51 (2.47–2.55) <UK, PO, SP, IT, IS, USA, AU 2.86 (2.79–2.93) >UK, GE, SL, IS, USA, AU & <SW
  UK 2.73 (2.69–2.77) >SW, LA & <GE, IT, USA, AU 2.62 (2.55–2.69) <SW, LA, NE, PO, SP, IT
  Netherlands (NL) 2.55 (2.51–2.58) <UK, GE, PO, SP, IT, IS, USA, AU 2.76 (2.70–2.83) >UK, IS, USA, USA, AU & <SW, SP, IT
  Germany (GE) 2.82 (2.77–2.86) >SW, LA, IK, NE, PO, SL, IT & <AU 2.64 (2.56–2.71) <SW, LA, PO, SP, IT
  Poland (PO) 2.65 (2.61–2.69) >LA, NE & <UK, GE, SP, IT, USA, AU 2.83 (2.76–2.90) >UK, GE, IS, USA; AU & <SW
  Slovenia (SL) 2.63 (2.53–2.73) <GE, IT, USA, AU 2.56 (2.39–2.73) <SW, LA, SP, IT
  Spain (SP) 2.72 (2.65–2.78) >SW, LA, NE, & <IT, AU 2.90 (2.80–3.00) >UK, GE, SL, IS, USA, AU & <SW
  Italy (IT) 3.00 (2.95–3.05) >SW, LA, UK, NE, GE, PO, SL, SP, IS, USA 2.97 (2.89–3.05) >UK, NE, GE, SL, IS, USA AU
  Israel (IS) 2.74 (2.65–2.82) >SW, LA, NE & <IT, AU 2.52 (2.38–2.66) <SW, LA, NE, PO, SP, IT
  USA 2.84 (2.79–2.89) >SW, LA, UK, NE, PO, SL & <IT, AU 2.54 (2.45–2.63) <SW, LA, NE, SP, SP, IT
  Australia (AU) 2.92 (2.88–2.96) >SW, LA, UK, NE, GE, PO, SL, SP, IS 2.55 (2.49–2.62) <SW, LA, NE, PO, SP, IT
a

Post-hoc test with pair-wise comparisons between countries with differences at the p<0.01 level.