AIDS, Leukemia/Lymphoma and Potatoes

AIDS and leukemia are opposite diseases: AIDS is caused by too few white blood cells, while leukemia and lymphoma are caused by too many. With that in mind, consider the following statistics from data-rider.org:

The 25 US states with the highest potato consumption rates have an AIDS rate 117% lower than the other 25 states. The odds of that happening by chance are about 7752 to 1 against.

Those states also have a leukemia rate 7.5% higher with odds of about 762 to 1, and a lymphoma rate 8% higher with odds of about 708 to 1.

These numbers argue (but don't prove) that potatoes increase white blood cell counts. Has anyone ever noticed this association before? If not, I'd like to see a doctor prove or disprove the hypothesis with some blood testing. Potatoes might actually be a treatment for AIDS, and a contraindicated food for leukemia and lymphoma.

The web site mentioned above is a non-focused health study that found this association by serendipity among the 9000+ associations measured. It also found a strong association between AIDS and sunburns, and a few other factors.

[DataRider]

Correction, the number 117% in the post should be 53.9%.

A computer bug inverted a fraction and has been fixed.

[Dennis MD]

Hi.
Thank you very much for the information.
Perhaps the scientists around can isolate the active component of the potato and subject it in a randomized clinical trial in order to prove or disprove the hypothesis.