Table 2 Results of regression analysis on incidence of thyroid cancer (South-East direction).

From: Exposure to emissions from Mount Etna (Sicily, Italy) and incidence of thyroid cancer: a geographic analysis

Level of analysis

Distance (10 km)

Angle between bearing and South-East (10°)

Coefficient

P-value

Coefficient

p-value

Both sexes

Municipality

 − 0.996

0.03

 − 0.667

0.002

District

 − 0.406

0.24

 − 0.709

 < 0.001

Women only

Municipality

 − 1.464

0.08

 − 1.542

 < 0.001

District

 − 0.717

0.14

 − 1.062

 < 0.001