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. 2019 May 20;16(10):1775. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16101775

Table A1.

Percent change of VL events associated per unit increase of land surface maximum temperature and precipitation.

Meteorological Factors Lag (Months) Percentage Confidence Interval p-Value
97.50% 2.50%
Monthly mean maximum land surface temperature 1 0.00 −0.02 0.02 0.73
2 0.02 0.00 0.04 0.11
3 0.04 0.01 0.07 <0.01 *
4 0.06 0.03 0.08 <0.01 *
5 0.04 0.03 0.06 <0.01 *
6 0.03 0.01 0.05 0.01
Monthly total precipitation 1 −0.13 −0.20 −0.05 <0.01 *
2 −0.12 −0.25 0.00 0.05 *
3 −0.11 −0.28 0.06 0.21
4 −0.20 −0.49 0.08 0.16
5 −0.20 −0.49 0.09 0.18
6 −0.15 −0.29 0.00 0.04 *
Interaction between land surface temperature and precipitation 1 <0.01 *
2 0.02 *
3 0.05
4 0.22
5 0.22
6 0.15

* Statistically significant.