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- Figure 1.
Mean survival (a) and all-cause mortality rate with attained age as time variable (b) by sun exposure habit. Sun exposure habits were categorized into three groups according to responses to a questionnaire on sun exposure habit: avoidance of sun exposure: zero ‘yes’ responses; moderate sun exposure: a ‘yes’ response to one or two questions; and most active sun exposure: a ‘yes’ response to three or four questions.
- Figure 2.
All-cause mortality in a competing risk scenario stratified by sun exposure habits, divided into three major causes. Sun exposure habits were categorized into three groups according to responses to a questionnaire on sun exposure habit: avoidance of sun exposure: zero ‘yes’ responses; moderate sun exposure: a ‘yes’ response to one or two questions; and most active sun exposure: a ‘yes’ response to three or four questions. With increasing sun exposure, the risk of all-cause death due to cardiovascular disease (CVD) and other (non-CVD/non-cancer) diseases is reduced (upper panel). The increased survival in those with CVD and other diseases results in increased prevalence of death due to cancer (lower panel). Age 55-64 at inclusion, no comorbidities, non-smokers, moderate disposable income.
- Figure 3.
Difference in mean life expectancy according to sun exposure stratified for smoking. Sun exposure habits were categorized into three groups according to responses to a questionnaire on sun exposure habit: avoidance of sun exposure: zero ‘yes’ responses; moderate sun exposure: a ‘yes’ response to one or two questions; and most active sun exposure: a ‘yes’ response to three or four questions. The Figure show that non-smokers avoiding sun exposure have a similar death rate as smokers with the greatest sun exposure, i.e. smoking and avoidance of sun exposure are risk factors of the same magnitude for death.
