Table 4.

Multiple linear regression analyses

a) analysis with calorie	Standard			95% confidence intervals
	regression coefficient	t value	p value
Polyamine	-0.355	-2.836	0.007	-0.016 to -0.003
Total calorie	0.231	1.965	0.06	-0.00001 to 0.001
Whole milk	0.113	2.120	0.04	0.00005 to 0.001
Vegetables etc	0.028	0.279	0.78	-0.328 to 0.432
Alcohol	0.019	0.259	0.80	-0.008 to 0.010
Seafood: meat ratio	-0.046	-0.743	0.46	-0.407 to 0.188
Obesity rate	0.012	0.227	0.82	-0.071 to 0.090
Smoking rate	0.183	2.923	0.006	0.004 to 0.024
GDP	-0.864	-8.396	<0.001	-0.013 to -0.008
d (Durbin-Watson)= 1.858

b) analysis with calorie	Standard			95% confidence intervals
	regression coefficient	t value	p value
Polyamine	-0.212	-2.009	0.05	-0.011 to 0.00004
Whole milk	0.127	2.326	0.03	0.00007 to 0.001
Vegetables etc	-0.012	-0.119	0.91	-0.408 to 0.362
Alcohol	0.031	0.412	0.68	-0.007 to 0.011
Seafood: meat ratio	-0.012	-0.192	0.85	-0.324 to 0.268
Obesity rate	0.010	0.181	0.86	-0.076 to 0.091
Smoking rate	0.180	2.776	0.008	0.004 to 0.024
GDP	-0.755	-8.405	<0.001	-0.012 to -0.007
d (Durbin-Watson)= 1.747