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. 2012 Aug 16;7(8):e43528. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043528

Table 2. Observed Mantel statistics.

All counties (N = 67)
Matrix Correlation P-value* Lower CI Upper CI
Euclidian distance −0.03 0.5528 −0.079 0.006
Workflow (Intra-state) 0.14 0.0001 0.129 0.157
Workflow (Inter-state) 0.08 0.0260 0.058 0.099
Population 0.33 0.0004 0.310 0.389
Gravity (United States) 0.11 0.0013 0.094 0.140
Gravity (Pennsylvania – Workflows) 0.19 0.0001 0.169 0.245
Gravity (Pennsylvania - Disease) 0.63 0.0001 0.593 0.656
 Gravity(Pennsylvania - Disease) adjusting for:
Euclidian distance 0.63 0.001
Workflow (Intra-state) 0.62 0.001
Population 0.60 0.001

Pearson correlation of the dissimilarity matrices and Spearman rank correlations of the epidemic time series for all counties (N = 67). P-values and the corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CI) are presented. Gravity Pennsylvania refers to the gravity model fitted to Pennsylvania-specific data.

Gravity matrix generated using parameters derived from Viboud et al.

*

Significance is determined at P<0.05.