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Table 1 Pearson correlations between the incidence of ovarian, cervical, prostate, and bladder cancers with independent variables

From: Geographic variation in urinary tract and genital cancers in Iran: a hypothesis involving exposure to solar radiation

Cancer

 

Latitude

Altitude

UV

HDI***

Lung cancer

Physical activity

Female

  

Ovary

r*

p**

-0.01

0.93

0.29

0.11

-0.07

0.68

0.16

0.39

0.39

0.02

0.01

0.93

Cervix

r

p

0.29

0.09

0.07

0.69

0.37

0.03

0.13

0.49

0.40

0.02

0.20

0.20

Bladder

r

p

0.04

0.83

0.16

0.38

-0.16

0.39

0.001

0.99

0.35

0.04

-0.07

0.70

Male

  

Prostate

r

p

0.15

0.40

0.28

0.13

-0.17

0.36

0.40

0.02

0.22

0.23

0.004

0.98

Bladder

r

p

0.25

0.13

0.21

0.24

-0.45

0.02

0.15

0.42

0.48

0.007

− 0.17

0.37

  1. *:Pearson coefficient, **: p-value, ***: human development index