Table 2.
Regression results for 87 high quality countries.
| Cancer | Sex | Number of Countries | Lung Cancer | Animal Energy | Latitude | GDP 1999 | Miscellaneous | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (β, p) | (year; β, p) | (β, p) | (β, p) | (β, p) | r2, F, p | |||
| All | M | 82 | 0.40, * | 2000; 0.44, * | Alc93: 0.23, 0.003 | 0.77, 93, * | ||
| 84 | 0.38, * | 1993; 0.46, * | Alc93: 0.20, 0.997 | 0.77, 91, * | ||||
| F | 87 | 0.49, * | 1993; 0.33, * | Cer93: −0.20, 0.002 | 0.77, 99, * | |||
| 82 | 0.53, * | 1993; 0.30, * | Alc93: 0.30, 0.004 | 0.77, 93, * | ||||
| All Less Lung | M | 62 | 0.23, 0.01 | 1980; 0.54, * | 0.21, 0.04 | 0.74, 58, * | ||
| 87 | 0.28, * | 1993; 0.52, * | Cer93: −0.21, 0.006 | 0.69, 63, * | ||||
| F | 62 | 0.40, * | 1990; 0.44, * | 0.10, 0.38 | 0.72, 52, * | |||
| 82 | 0.43, * | 1993; 0.34, * | Alc93: 0.22, 0.004 | 0.71, 67, * | ||||
| 82 | 0.43, * | 0.22, 0.004 | Alc93: 0.20, 0.013Cer00: −0.25, 0.001 | 0.71, 51, * | ||||
| Bladder | M | 79 | 0.43, * | 0.30, 0.003 | 0.23, 0.006 | 0.58, 37, * | ||
| F | 80 | 0.48, * | 0.26, 0.003 | 0.17, 0.09 | 0.58, 37, * | |||
| Brain | M | 79 | 0.58, * | 0.26, 0.004 | 0.52, 44, * | |||
| 79 | 1993; 0.26, 0.004 | 0.58, * | 0.51, 41, * | |||||
| F | 85 | 0.33, 0.001 | 0.38, * | 0.35, 24, * | ||||
| Breast | F | 80 | 0.23, 0.009 | 1993; 0.41, * | 0.31, 0.002 | 0.72, 67, * | ||
| Cervix | F | 80 | −0.40, * | −0.33, 0.001 | 0.37, 24, * | |||
| Colorectal | M | 77 | 0.40, * | 0.31, * | Alc93: 0.39, * | 0.75, 76, * | ||
| F | 67 | 0.37, * | 1985; 0.17, 0.12 | Alc93: 0.24, 0.003LE: 0.28, 0.001 | 0.77, 56, * | |||
| 82 | 0.33, * | 0.25, 0.001 | Alc93: 0.25, 0.001LE: 0.28, * | 0.74, 58, * | ||||
| Corpus uteri | F | 68 | 1985; 0.67, * | 0.44, 53, * | ||||
| Hodgkin’s Lymphoma | M | 82 | 0.25, 0.02 | Fat00: 0.48, * | 0.40, 28, * | |||
| F | 78 | 0.33, 0.005 | Fat00: 0.29, 0.01 | 0.26, 15, * | ||||
| Kidney | M | 87 | 0.27, 0.004 | 0.50, * | Cer93: −0.25, 0.001 | 0.60, 44, * | ||
| 87 | 0.27, 0.003 | 1993; 0.32, 0.001 | 0.32, 0.003 | 0.60, 43, * | ||||
| 87 | 0.40, * | 1993; 0.47, * | 0.56, 55, * | |||||
| F | 85 | 0.30, 0.001 | 0.52, * | Cer93: −0.17, 0.04 | 0.60, 42, * | |||
| 85 | 0.30, 0.002 | 1993; 0.23, 0.04 | 0.39, * | 0.60, 42, * | ||||
| Laryngeal | M | 85 | 0.86, * | 2000; −0.33, * | 0.55, 52, * | |||
| F | 78 | 0.48, 0.001 | 2000; −0.39, 0.008 | 0.12, 6, * | ||||
| Leukemia | M | 86 | 0.43, * | LE: 0.44, * | 0.47, 39, * | |||
| 80 | 0.46, * | 0.40, * | 0.46, 35, * | |||||
| F | 86 | 0.30, 0.006 | LE: 0.36, 0.001 | 0.32, 21 * | ||||
| Lip, oral | M | 87 | 0.53, * | 0.28, 34, * | ||||
| F | 86 | 0.51, * | −0.31, 0.007 | 0.19, 11, * | ||||
| Liver | M | 67 | 1980; −0.27, 0.03 | 0.06, 5, 0.03 | ||||
| F | 67 | 1980; −0.51, * | 0.25, 23, * | |||||
| Lung | M | 54 | CigM: 0.65, * | AF93; 0.36, * | 0.73, 72, * | |||
| 54 | CigM: 0.63, * | 0.35, * | 0.72, 67, * | |||||
| 54 | CigM: 0.79, * | 0.62, 89, * | ||||||
| 54 | Cig: 0.80, * | 0.62, 86, * | ||||||
| F | 54 | CigF: 0.65,* | AF93; 0.32, * | 0.77, 92, * | ||||
| 54 | CigF: 0.64, * | 010, 0.35 | AF93: 0.26, 0.018 | 0.77, 61, * | ||||
| 54 | CigF: 0.70, * | 0.26, 0.003 | 0.75, 81, * | |||||
| 54 | CigF: 0.85, * | 0.71, 131, * | ||||||
| Lat × Lat | ||||||||
| Melanoma | M | 53 ** | 0.41, * | 0.52, * | 0.72, 68, * | |||
| 54 *** | 0.48, * | 0.43, * | 0.69, 59, * | |||||
| 52 ** | 0.40, * | 0.53, * | 0.72, 67, * | |||||
| 53 *** | 0.45, * | 0.47, * | 0.70, 63, * | |||||
| Multiple myeloma | M | 64 | 85; 0.57, * | LE: 0.27, 0.02 | 0.59, 46, * | |||
| 58 | 85; 0.53, * | 0.29, 0.04 | 0.59, 42, * | |||||
| F | 77 | 0.44, * | LE: 0.37, 0.003 | 0.58, 54, * | ||||
| 77 | 0.74, * | 0.53, 88, * | ||||||
| Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma | M | 80 | 0.75, * | 0.55, 97, * | ||||
| F | 80 | 0.73, * | 0.54, 91, * | |||||
| Ovarian | F | 68 | 85; 0.70, * | 0.49, 65, * | ||||
| Pancreatic | M | 86 | 0.71, * | 1993; 0.16, 0.04 | 0.64, 78, * | |||
| 86 | 0.80, * | 0.63, 144, * | ||||||
| F | 86 | 0.40, 0.001 | 1993; 0.31, 0.008 | 0.39, 29, * | ||||
| Prostate | M | 68 | −0.26, 0.014 | 80; 0.62, * | Cer93: −0.36, 0.001 | 0.59, 33, * | ||
| Testicular | M | 59 | 85; 0.66, * | 0.25, 0.023 | 0.74, 82, * | |||
| Thyroid | M | 82 | 1993; 0.74, * | −0.29, 0.023 | 0.33, 20, * | |||
| F | 84 | 1993; 0.58, * | −0.25, 0.07 | 0.19, 10, * |
*: p < 0.001; **: omits Australia, Luxembourg, New Zealand; ***: omits Australia, New Zealand; AF93: animal fat, 1993; Alc93: alcohol supply, 1993; Cer: cereals supply; Cer90: cereals supply, 1990; LE: life expectancy; F: female; M: male; CigF: cigarettes consumed by females; CigM: cigarettes consumed by males; Fat00: Fat, 2000.