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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 17.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Commun. 2012 May 22;3:853. doi: 10.1038/ncomms1840

Table 2. Multivariable logistic regression model of BTB occurrence excluding smoothed square root of F. hepatica PP value.

Predictor Coefficient SE P OR L 95% CI U 95% CI
Constant −30.045 3.577 <0.001
NN_BTB 1.020 0.213 <0.001 2.77 1.83 4.21
HerdSize 0.182 0.021 <0.001 1.20 1.15 1.25
NDVI 0.009 0.002 <0.001 1.01 1.01 1.01
Sqrt MOff −0.090 0.016 <0.001 0.91 0.89 0.94
MeanT 1.350 0.147 <0.001 3.86 2.90 5.14
VPD −2.443 0.335 <0.001 0.09 0.05 0.17
TVar 0.158 0.034 <0.001 1.17 1.10 1.25

Log-likelihood = −1016.374

Abbreviations and definitions: Fasciola_PP, smoothed square root of F. hepatica percentage positive ELISA value; NN_BTB, nearest neighbour’s smoothed BTB probability; HerdSize, square root of herd size; NDVI, normalised difference vegetation index is a measure of vegetation greenness; SqrtMOff, square root of movements off farm; MeanT, mean temperature (°C); VPD, Vapour Pressure Deficit is a measure of lack of moisture equilibrium between an object and the atmosphere, the higher the VPD, the more rapid the rate of desiccation; TVar, temperature variance, indicates the magnitude of the seasonality, i.e. larger values indicate larger differences between winter and summer extremes; OR, odds ratio; L/U 95% CI, lower and upper 95% confidence intervals of OR.