Table 3 Regression analysis of the relationship between mortality rates associated with 5 individual types of cancer and malaria incidence, 1955–2008
From: Worldwide malaria incidence and cancer mortality are inversely associated
Cancer | Basic model | Adjusted model | Period | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1955-1981 | 1982-2008 | |||
Colon | ||||
 Male | −0.72 (−0.87, −0.56) *** | −0.52 (−0.68, −0.36) *** | −0.31 (−0.48, −0.14) *** | −0.59 (−0.81, −0.38) *** |
 Female | −0.87 (−1.02, −0.72) *** | −0.63 (−0.78, −0.48) *** | −0.39 (−0.54, −0.24) *** | −0.64 (−0.86, −0.43) *** |
Colon, rectum and anus | ||||
 Male | −0.51 (−0.62, −0.41) *** | −0.37 (−0.47, −0.26) *** | −0.25 (−0.37, −0.13) *** | −0.41 (−0.58, −0.25) *** |
 Female | −0.58 (−0.68, −0.48) *** | −0.42 (−0.52, −0.32) *** | −0.34 (−0.46, −0.22) *** | −0.45 (−0.60, −0.29) *** |
Lung | ||||
 Male | −0.36 (−0.46, −0.25) *** | −0.20 (−0.32, −0.09) *** | −0.24 (−0.35, −0.12) *** | −0.54 (−0.71, −0.37) *** |
Breast | ||||
 Female | −0.46 (−0.56, −0.37) *** | −0.30 (−0.40, −0.20) *** | −0.20 (−0.29, −0.10) *** | −0.32 (−0.45, −0.19) *** |
Stomach | ||||
 Male | −0.66 (−0.76, −0.55) *** | −0.39 (−0.50, −0.28) *** | −0.31 (−0.40, −0.21) *** | −0.23 (−0.37, −0.08) *** |