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Table 5 Meteorological and environmental factors associated significantly with Anopheles larval density in ponds

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

 

Negative binomial regression with pond random effect

 

Univariate **

Multivariate

Number of obs. = 73 Number of ponds = 16

Coef.

95% CI *

p-value

Coef.

95% CI *

p-value

NDVI

(mean within pond + 10 m ring)

Per unit increase

-2.64

-4.93 - -0.34

0.024

-3.20

-5.36 - -1.03

0.004

Night LST

(weekly mean for the survey area)

Per °C increase

0.33

0.18 - 0.48

< 0.0001

0.36

0.21 - 0.50

< 0.0001

  1. * 95% confidence interval
  2. ** Only the variables significantly associated in the multivariate model
  3. Negative binomial regression with pond random effect