Milk consumption in relation to incidence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in 48 countries/regions

BMC Cancer

Table 3 Regression coefficients between milk and dairy consumption per capita and the ASIR of NPC in high- and low-risk countries/regions, 1998–2002

		High-risk			Low-risk
	Sex	N ^h	Adjusted standardized coefficient (asβ^h)	p value	N ^l	Adjusted standardized coefficient (asβ^l)	p value
MEBC	Males	8	−0.122	0.75	40	−0.125	0.54
MEBC	Females	8	−0.254	0.50	40	−0.029	0.52
MWF	Males	6	−0.349	0.66	40	−0.060	0.72
MWF	Females	6	−0.356	0.64	40	−0.091	0.59
CHF	Males	6	−0.003	0.99	37	−0.022	0.92
CHF	Females	6	−0.055	0.95	37	−0.066	0.77
BGF	Males	6	−0.140	0.82	37	−0.040	0.82
BGF	Females	6	−0.145	0.81	37	−0.048	0.79
CRF	Males	4	−0.631	0.44	26	−0.444*	0.04
CRF	Females	4	−0.662	0.40	26	−0.375	0.08

ASIR age standardized incidence rate, NPC nasopharyngeal carcinoma
MEBC milk excluding butter, MWF milk (whole), CHF cheese, BGF butter & ghee, CRF fresh cream
*p < 0.05 (2-tailed). Adjusted for Human Development Index
^h High-risk regions
^l Low-risk regions

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