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Table 1 Levothyroxine sales (number of boxes sold), raw prevalence of some cancer in females in 18 different Italian regions in 2010 in relation to the sales of LT 4 in 2009; average smoking prevalence in women between 2007 and 2009

From: Levothyroxine and lung cancer in females: the importance of oxidative stress

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Type of cancer and prevalence (105) in females

Areaa

Sales LT4b

Breast

Colorectal

Gastric

Lung

Smokingc

Aging indexd

1

1072879

3165.62

776.88

120.04

97.47

21.6

139.9

2

1028179

3118.67

646.35

96.03

68.08

23.0

150.0

3

267126

2669.96

714.53

199.34

100.45

26.5

180.5

4

273291

3210.26

750.28

131.17

72.57

20.0

116.5

5

1438397

1589.44

370.62

76.35

82.94

23.0

120.2

6

1179775

2674.95

625.72

182.42

91.74

26.0

184.1

7

487525

2250.40

416.66

55.21

62.85

20.0

154.8

8

1087091

1418.33

374.09

87.74

60.79

22.0

122.1

9

405995

1579.13

389.64

103.25

54.03

21.0

168,9

10

408040

2722.42

716.09

198.61

84.07

23.0

168.7

11

1879231

2909.03

733.82

174.65

77.41

29.0

141.9

12

467753

2824.49

751.36

90.85

82.19

23.0

234.6

13

2423825

2882.24

557.33

109.31

138.66

29.0

141.6

14

287660

3424.94

837.82

162.56

116.44

23.1

187.4

15

1474482

3269.15

815.26

169.85

94.09

26.0

170.0

16

631585

1442.77

329.72

97.17

44.45

22.8

130.2

17

1682805

1622.33

378.19

99.62

96.59

27.0

96.5

18

183079

1474.73

430.39

100.85

45.98

16.0

148.2

  1. a1-Veneto; 2-Piemonte-Valle dā€™Aosta; 3-Umbria; 4-Trentino Alto Adige; 5-Sicilia; 6-Toscana; 7-Sardegna; 8-Puglia; 9-Abruzzo-Molise; 10-Marche; 11-Lombardia; 12-Liguria; 13-Lazio; 14-Friuli Venezia Giulia; 15-Emilia Romagna; 16-Calabria; 17-Campania; 18-Basilicata;
  2. bSales of LT4, boxes regardless to different doses in 2009, data from IMSHealthā€“ITSSMSā€“Anno 2009;
  3. caverage smoking prevalence from 2007 and 2009 (Ɨ 100 people);
  4. dAging index in 2010.