Original Article
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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 28, 2013; 19(32): 5261-5270
Published online Aug 28, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i32.5261
Table 1 Results of regression in a cross-national analysis of human development index and mortality-to-incidence ratio
CancerLinear regressionNon-linear regression1
βPrHDI50SlopeR
All gastrointestinal-0.703< 0.001-0.8530.9462.746-0.9129
Esophageal-0.295< 0.001-0.5791.3621.344-0.5705
Stomach-0.536< 0.001-0.7391.0232.372-0.7901
Pancreatic-0.097 0.0019-0.3012.3910.706-0.2840
Liver-0.322< 0.001-0.6091.0265.247-0.7761
Gallbladder-0.611< 0.001-0.5161.0271.697-0.5245
Liver, gallbladder and pancreas-0.216< 0.001-0.5431.3861.726-0.5704
Colorectal-0.808< 0.001-0.8400.8251.785-0.8590