Table 1.

Exploratory variables for the analysis used in the logistic regression for malaria infection model in rural settlement in Brazilian Amazon

Variable	Scale	Number of classes
Land Use	Nominal	3
Vegetation index (NDVI)	Ordinal	3
Vegetation and soil humidity index (VSHI)	Ordinal	3
Procreation distance	Absolute	Continuous
Mining area distance	Absolute	Continuous
Slope	Absolute	Continuous
Downslope direction	Nominal	9