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. 2020 Aug 13;44(4):829–836. doi: 10.1007/s12639-020-01260-2

Table 2.

Linear regression models between A. lumbricoides incidence rates with state-wide socioeconomic environmental and geographical variables

Ascaris lumbricoides Entamoeba Histolytica/dispar Giardia lamblia
β 95% C.I. P β 95% C.I. P β 95% C.I. P
Latitude (°) − 24.73 (− 43.9 to − 5.55) 0.01 − 72.97 (− 100 to 35.9) <0.01 3.88 (0.29 to 7.46) 0.03
Mean altitude of the state (m) − 0.07 (− 0.15 to 0.02) 0.15 − 1.26 (− 31,00 to 0.06) 0.18 − 0.01 (− 0.3 to 0,00) 0.09
Mean minimum temperature (°C) 17.68 (7.65 to 27.7) <0.01 33.63 (10.95 to 56.31) < 0.01 1.15 (− 9.9 to 3.29) 0.28
Mean maximum temperature (°C) 29.27 (7.32 to 51.22) 0.01 61.45 (13.71 to 109.18) 0.01 0.62 (− 3.8 to 5.07) 0.77
Average annual temperature (°C) 31.65 (16.49 to 46.81) 0.00 61.98 (27.58 to 96.44) < 0.01 1.67 (− 1.77 to 5.1) 0.33
Mean minimum precipitation (mm)* 0.27 (0.02 to 0.53) 0.04 0.97 (0.51 to 1.45) < 0.01 − 0.03 (− 0.08 to 0.01) 0.16
Mean maximum precipitation (mm)* 0.06 (0,00 to 0.12) 0.04 0.16 (0.05 to 0.28) < 0.01 0.00 (− 0.01 to 0.01) 0.79
Average annual precipitation (mm)* 0.11 (0.01 to 0.21) 0.03 0.33 (0.13 to 0.53) < 0.01 0.00 (− 0.02 to 0.02) 0.97
Surface with warm-humid climate (%) 3.41 (2.62 to 4.25) < 0.01 8.21 (4.66 to 11.76) < 0.01 − 0.08 (− 0.47 to 0.32) 0.69
Households living in poverty (%) 7.33 (2.18 to 12.49) 0.01 20.14 (10.01 to 30.26) < 0.01 − 0.52 (− 1.56 to 0.53) 0.31
Households living in extreme poverty (%) 14.53 (7.22 to 21.84) < 0.01 34.61 (19.78 to 49.43) < 0.01 − 0.48 (− 2.13 to 1.16) 0.55
Households without access to sewage system (%) 4.74 (8.84 to 28.19) < 0.01 39.36 (18.3 to 60.42) < 0.01 − 0.02 (− 2.18 to 2.14) 0.20
Households without access to piped water (%) 16.34 (9.88 to 22.81) < 0.01 39.07 (26.59 to 51.66) < 0.01 0.14 (− 1.48 to 1.17) 0.18
Households without access to toilet (%) 38.74 (25.75 to 51.73) < 0.01 63.67 (29.06 to 98.2) < 0.01 − 2.17 (− 5.6 to 1.27) 0.98
Population with no health coverage (%) 3.49 (− 13.92 to − 0.05) 0.05 − 13.95 (− 29.08 to 1.19) 0.07 0.52 (− 1.48 to 1.75) 0.95
Mean age (years) − 34.97 (− 85.04 to 15.1) 0.16 − 26.84 (− 42.46 to − 11.32) < 0.01 4.93 (− 10.55 to 20.24) 0.86