Could age increase the strength of inverse association between ultraviolet B exposure and colorectal cancer?

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Table 4 UVB in association with crude incidence of CRC: 15–29 years of age, controlling for covariates

Covariate	Regression Coefficient	Standard Error	t	p-value
UV B estimate^a	0.002	0.001	1.21	0.23
Stratospheric Ozone^b	0.001	< 0.001	1.50	0.14
Urbanization^c	0.003	0.002	1.41	0.16
Pigmentation^d	−0.23	0.06	−3.46	< 0.001
GDP^e	< 0.001	< 0.001	−0.60	0.55
Life Expectancy^f	< 0.001	< 0.001	−0.16	0.87
Smoking^g	−0.001	0.006	−1.91	0.10
Animal Consumption^h	< 0.001	0.002	0.41	0.06
Intercept	0.35	0.44	0.80	0.68

Model R² = 0.17; p < 0.001; ^aNASA TOMS Satellite package. ^bBeckman et al. ^cChristenson E et al. [22]. ^dJablonski et al. [21]. ^e,fThe World Bank. ^gInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). ^hThe Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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