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Table 4 DA results for tracts with cases compared to tracts without cases and with MADs. The six variables are significant at the .001 level using the Wilks' Lambda test to enter the variable in the model. The Eigenvalue is .236 and the Canonical Correlation is .437 for the model.

From: Environmental and social determinants of human risk during a West Nile virus outbreak in the greater Chicago area, 2002

Variable

Standardized Discriminant Function Coefficient

In N. Shore MAD

.499

Race as % white

.453

Bird distance

-.358

In S. Cook MAD

.348

Housing unit per Km2

-.189

In Des Plaines MAD

-.174