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. 2021 Jun 7;10:83. doi: 10.1186/s40249-021-00864-x

Table 3.

Comparisons of environmental values between groups of prevalence

Variable Min–Max Percentile Prevalence < 10%
(A)
Prevalence
10–50% (B)
Prevalence > 50%
(C)
F Turkey
post-hoc test
5% 95% Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Mean temperature (°C) 17.90–29.80 17.97 28.00 21.82 2.55 22.68 3.19 22.33 2.94 0.65
Annual precipitation (mm) 1400.00–1898.00 1466.70 1819.00 1635.00 117.88 1654.00 108.09 1652.00 120.65 0.23
Maximum temperature (°C) 19.88–29.56 21.92 28.74 24.19 2.26 26.28 1.62 26.09 1.78 10.96* A < B, C
Minimum temperature (°C) 8.12–16.40 9.07 15.52 10.95 1.99 12.69 1.72 12.78 1.58 10.04* A < B, C
Mean precipitation (mm) 1.87–4.89 2.39 4.21 3.19 0.45 3.28 0.66 33.18 0.67 0.29
Elevation (Meters above sea level) 847.60–3141.80 1142.26 2557.16 2126.00 467.74 1840.10 363.11 1802.50 372.33 5.74* A > B, C
NDVI 0.03–0.75 0.16 0.69 0.38 0.10 0.45 0.12 0.42 0.17 1.83
Silt (g/100 g) 22.98–36.73 26.30 33.85 31.01 1.81 29.97 2.39 30.33 3.02 1.30
Sand (g/100 g) 19.11–47.22 20.24 43.10 29.94 6.06 29.50 8.64 32.43 6.72 1.58
Clay (g/100 g) 22.89–52.81 25.80 51.44 39.05 5.99 40.53 8.90 37.23 7.21 1.63
Wealth index score −68 857.00–179 756.00 −51 503.92 21 657.24 −22 877 46 302.59 −11 783.00 43 861.37 −25 735.00 20 550.91 1.91

* means significant difference between A, B and C; NDVI Normalized Difference Vegetation Index