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Table 2 Description of the quantitative remotely-sensed explicative variables associated with the presence of ponds

From: Utilization of combined remote sensing techniques to detect environmental variables influencing malaria vector densities in rural West Africa

Variable

 

Water present

Water absent

 

n observations = 2460

n = 482

n = 1978

NDTI

Range

-0.25; -0.01

-0.26; 0.05

 

Mean and 95% CI

-0.14 [-0.15; -0.15]

-0.10 [-0.10; -0.09]

 

25-50-75 percentiles

-0.20; -0.13; -0.10

-0.13; -0.09; -0.06

NDWI Mac Feeters

Range

-0.19; 0.42

-0.39; 0.11

 

Mean and 95% CI

0.12 [0.11; 0.14]

-0.17 [-0.18; -0.17]

 

25-50-75 percentiles

0.03; 0.13; 0.25

-0.21; -0.17; -0.14

Elevation In meters

Range

253; 292

253; 292

 

Mean and 95% CI

266 [266; 267]

268 [268; 269]

 

25-50-75 percentiles

262; 265; 267

261; 268; 274