Table 4.

Linear regression models of leprosy recurrence in function of new cases in the municipalities of Acre state, 2001–2014

Response variable	Explanatory variables	Linear model	β	P	R2
Recurrencea	New casesb	lm1	0.19	<  0.01*	0.33
Recurrence	New cases < 15 years-olda	lm2	3.021	<  0.001*	0.44
Recurrence	New cases	lm3	0.4	<  0.05*	0.53
	New cases < 15 years-old		2.41	<  0.01*

^aCoefficient per 100,000 persons

^bCoefficient per 100,000 persons

^*Statistically significant results of the marginal t test of each β (p < 0.05)