Table 4 |
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Results of MEET global clustering test and the primary cluster reported by FleXScan. |
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MEET |
FleXScan Primary Cluster |
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Study Region |
Units of analysis |
adj p value |
p value |
Population |
Relative Risk |
Accepted contributing cluster |
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RC A |
Set 11 |
0.264 |
0.001 |
5357 |
2.94 |
Yes |
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Set 22 |
0.292 |
0.001 |
12814 |
2.15 |
Yes |
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RC B |
Set 11 |
0.181 |
0.037 |
6680 |
1.80 |
Yes |
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Set 22 |
0.172 |
0.006 |
10498 |
1.69 |
No |
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1 Maximum unit population of 1,000. 2 Maximum unit population of 2,000 FleXScan does not allow overlap among identified clusters. Accepted contributing clusters have a p ≤ 0.05, RR ≥ 1.7 and birth population ≥ 1000. |
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Van Meter et al. International Journal of Health Geographics 2008 7:26 doi:10.1186/1476-072X-7-26 |
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