1 paper3 findings
Lung cancer mortality
downin humans1
Ambient ultraviolet exposure is associated with lung cancer mortality in humans.
“Lung cancer showed the strongest inverse association in each dataset.”
HumansUS Health Service Areas and UK Biobank
Higher UV levels linked to lower heart and cancer deaths
medRxiv8 Oct 2026Preprint
All-cancer mortality
downin humans1
Ambient ultraviolet exposure is associated with all-cancer mortality in humans (−43.2 deaths/100,000 per UV IQR; modelled 49,789 (8.8%) fewer deaths annually).
“Higher UV was associated with lower cardiovascular ({beta}UV/IQR -68.3 deaths/100 000; P<0.001) and all-cancer mortality (-43.2; P<0.001)”
HumansUS Health Service Areas; ecological analysis adjusted for social vulnerabilityper interquartile-range increase in ambient UV
Higher UV levels linked to lower heart and cancer deaths
medRxiv8 Oct 2026Preprint
Cardiovascular mortality
downin humans1
Ambient ultraviolet exposure is associated with cardiovascular mortality in humans (−68.3 deaths/100,000 per UV IQR; modelled 36,043 (5.1%) fewer deaths annually).
“Higher UV was associated with lower cardiovascular ({beta}UV/IQR -68.3 deaths/100 000; P<0.001) and all-cancer mortality (-43.2; P<0.001)”
HumansUS Health Service Areas; ecological analysis adjusted for social vulnerabilityper interquartile-range increase in ambient UV
Higher UV levels linked to lower heart and cancer deaths
medRxiv8 Oct 2026Preprint
In US regional data, higher ambient UV was linked to lower mortality, with modelled attributable burdens of 5.1% fewer cardiovascular and 8.8% fewer cancer deaths.In US regional data, higher ambient UV was linked to lower mortality, with modelled attributable burdens of 5.1% fewer cardiovascular and 8.8% fewer cancer deaths.