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. 2010 Jul 30;16(1):36–43. doi: 10.1007/s12199-010-0163-0

Table 2.

The estimated risk of suicide for each degree increase in temperature using simple linear regression analysis

Region Risk estimate Standard error t value Pr(>|t|)
Hokkaido 0.0219 0.0019 11.79 <2e−16***
Tohoku 0.0435 0.0029 14.96 <2e−16**
Kanto 0.0068 0.0063 1.09 0.2780
Chubu 0.0377 0.0043 8.70 <2e−16***
Kinki 0.0007 0.0044 0.16 0.8720
Chugoku 0.0113 0.0027 4.22 0.0000***
Shikoku −0.0010 0.0021 −0.45 0.6530
Kyushu 0.0073 0.0039 1.86 0.0629
Okinawa 0.0033 0.0016 2.00 0.0454*

The Pr(>|t|) is the p value for the slope: the probability of observing a t value this big or larger, if the null hypothesis (H0: slope = 0 is true). The t value is the value of Student's t for the slope = b/seb. b is the slope, seb is the standard error of the slope (b)

p = 0.1

* p = 0.05

** p = 0.01

*** p = 0.001