Table 2 Comparison of partial correlation coefficients between ovarian cancer incidence and each variable when the other five variables are controlled for
Variables | Fertility | Ageing | GDP | Ibs | Obesity | Urbanization | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
r | P | Df | R | p | df | r | p | df | r | p | df | r | p | df | r | p | df | |
Fertility | −0.448 | < 0.001 | 160 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Ageing | – | – | – | −0.178 | 0.023 | 160 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
GDP | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.148 | 0.060 | 160 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Ibs | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.079 | 0.315 | 160 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Obesity | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | −0.048 | 0.544 | 160 | – | – | – |
Urbanization | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | −0.131 | 0.095 | 160 |