Table 1.
Characteristics of 35,754 individuals and properties of the physical environment of survey locations in The Philippines included in the analysis.
| Region
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|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Luzon | Visayas | Mindanao |
| Number of survey locations | 36 | 93 | 108 |
| Total number of individuals | 2,696 | 13,295 | 19,763 |
| Number with Schistosoma japonicum infection | 43 | 549 | 126 |
| Age in years | |||
| <5 | 274 | 1,635 | 2,733 |
| 5–20 | 462 | 5,257 | 7,433 |
| >20 | 1,960 | 6,403 | 9,597 |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 1,269 | 6,650 | 9,648 |
| Female | 1,427 | 6,645 | 10,115 |
| Rainfall (mm) | |||
| Mean | 314.22 | 242.51 | 213.78 |
| S.D. | 127.53 | 45.52 | 55.43 |
| Land surface temperature (C°) | |||
| Mean | 27.51 | 27.42 | 26.07 |
| S.D. | 1.03 | 0.44 | 1.46 |
| Normalised Difference Vegetation Index | |||
| Mean | 1,493.45 | 1,568.97 | 1,545.80 |
| S.D. | 148.97 | 73.30 | 72.16 |
| Distance to perennial water bodies (km) | |||
| Mean | 16.7 | 39.8 | 38.9 |
| S.D. | 15.5 | 18.5 | 33.3 |