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Table 6 Baseline characteristics of 8 high-risk countries/regions, 1998–2002

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

High-risk regions

ASIRM

ASIRF

MEBC

MWF

CHF

BGF

CRF

Algeria

5.08

1.65

111.44

72.42

0.60

0.34

-

Tunisia

4.28

1.89

101.12

79.14

0.56

0.50

0.14

China

11.65

4.65

11.64

8.40

0.18

0.10

-

HKSAR

17.82

6.72

67.53

-

-

-

-

Singapore

10.92

3.56

124.64

-

-

-

-

Malaysia

11.91

4.69

50.59

18.14

0.16

0.38

0.12

Philippines

5.66

2.29

19.18

4.28

0.20

0.12

0.02

Thailand

2.94

1.32

21.94

9.98

0.00

0.20

0.00

Average

8.78

3.35

63.51

32.06

0.28

0.27

0.07

  1. ASIRM ASIR of NPC in males, ASIRF ASIR of NPC in females, MEBC milk excluding butter using International Farm Comparison Network report 2004, MWF whole milk collected from Food Balance Sheets, CHF cheese collected from Food Balance Sheets, BGF butter & ghee collected from Food Balance Sheets, CRF fresh cream collected from Food Balance Sheets