Table 1

Bivariate analysis of the relationship between annual malaria incidence and climatic covariates fitted using negative binomial regression.

Covariates
Coefficients
SE
95% CI
P-value

Mean temperature (°C)
0.295
0.024
0.248, 0.341
< 0.001
Maximum temperature (°C)
0.149
0.021
0.107, 0.189
< 0.001
Minimum temperature (°C)
0.439
0.024
0.391, 0.487
< 0.001
Vapour pressure (hPa)
0.046
0.003
0.040, 0.051
< 0.001
NDVI
0.654
0.127
0.405, 0.903
< 0.001
Rainfall (mm)
0.021
0.002
0.016, 0.026
< 0.001

SE – standard error; CI – confidence intervals; NDVI – normalized difference vegetation index

Mabaso et al. International Journal of Health Geographics 2006 5:20   doi:10.1186/1476-072X-5-20

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