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. 2017 Feb 2;40(1):283–294. doi: 10.1007/s10653-016-9904-3

Table 2.

Estimates of the effect [RR and 95% credibility interval (CI)] of factors corresponding to score loads from principal factor analysis, on mortality due to different tumour types, by sex for the clr-transformed data analysis adjusted for socio-demographic variables

Cancer site Men Women
RR 95% CI RR 95% CI
Lung  F1 Cd 1.003 0.958 1.044 0.948 0.897 1.007
Buccal cavity and pharynx  F1 1.099 1.033 1.181 0.987 0.908 1.065
Oesophagus  F1 1.052 0.982 1.126 0.978 0.851 1.250
Stomach  F1 0.981 0.931 1.041 1.001 0.944 1.070
Pancreas  F1 1.014 0.973 1.064 1.010 0.965 1.064
Colorectal  F1 1.023 0.984 1.060 0.999 0.968 1.040
Breast  F1 1.026 0.992 1.064
Prostate  F1 1.002 0.966 1.041
Bladder  F1 1.057 1.008 1.110 1.043 0.987 1.111
Kidney  F1 1.049 0.992 1.110 1.006 0.943 1.099
Brain  F1 1.018 0.976 1.066 1.081 1.024 1.142
NHL  F1 1.027 0.971 1.093 0.980 0.927 1.030
Leukaemias  F1 0.988 0.934 1.099 0.998 0.945 1.042
Lung  F2 Pb 1.038 1.009 1.069 1.017 0.967 1.056
Buccal cavity and pharynx  F2 1.062 1.019 1.112 1.008 0.954 1.062
Oesophagus  F2 1.065 1.013 1.112 1.093 1.013 1.202
Stomach  F2 1.019 0.984 1.072 0.990 0.950 1.030
Pancreas  F2 1.002 0.974 1.034 1.013 0.981 1.051
Colorectal  F2 0.994 0.967 1.019 0.987 0.966 1.011
Breast  F2 1.001 0.981 1.026
Prostate  F2 0.997 0.973 1.024
Bladder  F2 0.994 0.962 1.029 0.982 0.93 1.021
Kidney  F2 1.007 0.969 1.048 1.016 0.972 1.065
Brain  F2 0.991 0.961 1.023 0.982 0.945 1.017
NHL  F2 1.02 0.975 1.061 1.007 0.973 1.046
Leukaemias  F2 1.046 1.013 1.076 1.022 0.986 1.053
Lung  F3 As 1.030 0.995 1.065 1.036 0.984 1.089
Buccal cavity and pharynx  F3 1.054 0.996 1.118 1.007 0.933 1.095
Oesophagus  F3 1.017 0.957 1.077 0.891 0.798 1.000
Stomach  F3 1.028 0.983 1.077 1.017 0.966 1.073
Pancreas  F3 1.012 0.970 1.052 1.004 0.959 1.046
Colorectal  F3 1.034 0.993 1.066 1.022 0.993 1.054
Breast  F3 0.999 0.962 1.028
Prostate  F3 1.002 0.967 1.034
Bladder  F3 1.037 0.995 1.082 1.019 0.963 1.082
Kidney  F3 1.047 0.992 1.103 0.995 0.929 1.059
Brain  F3 1.064 1.016 1.108 1.027 0.968 1.079
NHL  F3 1.026 0.972 1.082 1.016 0.969 1.072
Leukaemias  F3 1.007 0.962 1.047 0.994 0.950 1.039
Lung  F4 Mn 0.996 0.968 1.040 0.979 0.934 1.030
Buccal cavity and pharynx  F4 0.967 0.921 1.028 0.906 0.844 0.959
Oesophagus  F4 0.976 0.930 1.036 0.926 0.840 1.044
Stomach  F4 1.058 1.012 1.099 1.008 0.959 1.055
Pancreas  F4 0.997 0.962 1.031 0.986 0.951 1.026
Colorectal  F4 1.01 0.981 1.038 1.018 0.983 1.044
Breast  F4 1.018 0.987 1.046
Prostate  F4 1.017 0.989 1.047
Bladder  F4 0.998 0.962 1.039 0.963 0.913 1.013
Kidney  F4 1.004 0.951 1.050 1.013 0.953 1.075
Brain  F4 1.036 0.996 1.078 0.960 0.917 1.008
NHL  F4 0.976 0.931 1.028 1.017 0.968 1.062
Leukaemias  F4 1.003 0.965 1.041 1.007 0.967 1.052
Lung  F5 Cu 1.032 1.000 1.061 1.053 1.010 1.101
Buccal cavity and pharynx  F5 1.093 1.043 1.150 1.009 0.948 1.081
Oesophagus  F5 0.993 0.944 1.043 1.031 0.932 1.134
Stomach  F5 0.99 0.954 1.032 0.984 0.944 1.035
Pancreas  F5 0.99 0.959 1.026 0.988 0.953 1.038
Colorectal  F5 1.024 0.997 1.052 1.016 0.990 1.041
Breast  F5 1.000 0.975 1.028
Prostate  F5 0.981 0.953 1.008
Bladder  F5 1.001 0.968 1.043 0.998 0.947 1.047
Kidney  F5 1.029 0.986 1.088 0.994 0.944 1.054
Brain  F5 0.993 0.956 1.031 1.010 0.966 1.056
NHL  F5 1.033 0.984 1.081 0.987 0.947 1.032
Leukaemias  F5 1.039 1.005 1.078 0.995 0.953 1.032

Results that do not include the unity in the 95% credibility interval (statistically significants) are in bold.

F1: Cd, -Fe, -Al; F2: -Ni, -Cr, Pb, Zn; F3: As; F4: Mn; F5: Cu