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. 2016 May 4;15:257. doi: 10.1186/s12936-016-1311-9

Table 3.

Adjusted estimated effect of ownership of mosquito net on malaria mortality in three models for Ifakara HDSS

M1 M2 M3
IRR (95 % CI) IRR (95 % CI) IRR (95 % CI)
All age
 Intercept 0.0005 (0.00, 0.007) 0.0203 (0.00, 2.376) 0.0215 (0.00, 2.495)
 Mosquito nets 0.885 (0.830, 0.879) 0.879 (0.806, 0.959) 0.887 (0.812, 0.970)
 Annual rainfall 1.015 (0.999, 1.031) 1.008 (0.986, 1.030) 1.006 (0.983, 1.027)
 Average temperature 1.007 (0.996, 1.017) 0.993 (0.975, 1.009) 0.993 (0.974, 1.009)
 Mean NDVI 1.066 (1.016, 1.118) 1.031 (0.972, 1.0935) 1.022 (0.961, 1.086)
 Spatial random effect 87.4 (11.7, 347.2) 82.9 (10.9325.9)
 Temporal random effect 25.7 (5.3, 72.4) 24.7 (5.1, 69.9)
 Spatial–temporal random effect 18,607.1 (1277.5, 67, 205.5)
 DIC 1305.891 1226.043 1241.542
Under five
 Intercept 0.003 (0.00, 0.055) 0.010 (0.00, 1.208) 0.011 (0.00, 1.428)
 Mosquito nets 0.883 (0.812, 0.961) 0.899 (0.816, 0.995) 0.904 (0.818, 1.003)
 Annual rainfall 1.016 (0.995, 1.038) 1.013 (0.988, 1.039) 1.012 (0.987, 1.038)
 Average temperature 1.007 (0.993, 1.021) 0.999 (0.981, 1.017) 0.999 (0.980, 1.017)
 Mean NDVI 1.048 (0.983, 1.117) 1.026 (0.956, 1.099) 1.020 (0.949, 1.096)
 Spatial random effect 27,728.7 (3108.7, 87, 940.7) 27,988.6 (3083.7, 87,704.5)
 Temporal random effect 54.137 (6.794, 186.754) 47.28 (6.32, 160.28)
 Spatial–temporal random effect 18,164.1 (1237.6, 65, 880.6)
 DIC 1061.281 1047.046 1062.05

The effect of rainfall was estimated for every 100-mm increase in mean total annual rainfall, and the effect of mosquito net for every 10 % increase in household ownership

The effect of NDVI was estimated for every 0.1 increase in mean NDVI

IRR incidence rate ratio; M 1 model without spatial and temporal random terms; M 2 model with spatial and temporal random terms; M 3 model with spatial and temporal random terms, and interaction