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. 2022 Oct 26;150:e178. doi: 10.1017/S0950268822001637

Table 2.

Multivariable spatial analysis of demographic predictors and ESBL-Ec incidence in 2016, with comparison of results across 3 different models

Year 2016 Spatially unstructured random effects model (s + μ) Spatially structured model (s) Unstructured random effects model (μ)
Demographic variable Relative risk (95% CI)
Number of people per km squared (per 1000 people increase) 0.93 (0.80–1.08) 0.94 (0.81–1.09) 0.96 (0.84–1.09)
Median age (per 1 year increase) 0.98 (0.95–1.00) 0.98 (0.95–1.00) 0.97 (0.94–0.99)
Proportion of male (per 10% increase) 0.95 (0.56–1.60) 0.95 (0.56–1.59) 1.19 (0.70–1.97)
Proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (per 10% increase) 1.12 (0.95–1.33) 1.13 (0.96–1.33) 1.20 (1.01–1.43)
Proportion of residents born in Australia (per 10% increase) 1.00 (0.86–1.17) 1.00 (0.86–1.16) 0.96 (0.84–1.10)
Average number of children per family (per 0.1 unit increase) 0.95 (0.83–1.08) 0.95 (0.83–1.08) 0.95 (0.82–1.08)
Average number of residents per house (per 0.1 increase) 0.94 (0.88–1.01) 0.94 (0.88–1.00) 0.95 (0.89–1.02)
Proportion of rented households (per 10% increase) 0.95 (0.82–1.09) 0.94 (0.81–1.08) 0.90 (0.78–1.05)
Proportion of residents employed in health care services (per 10% increase) 1.01 (0.68–1.51) 1.00 (0.69–1.49) 1.01 (0.69–1.50)
Proportion of residents employed in agricultural industry (per 10% increase) 0.80 (0.67–0.95) 0.79 (0.67–0.95) 0.77 (0.65–0.91)
Average number of people per bedroom (per 0.1 unit increase) 0.97 (0.83–1.13) 0.97 (0.83–1.14) 0.93 (0.79–1.10)
IRSD (per 100 units increase) 0.66 (0.54–0.79) 0.66 (0.55–0.79) 0.62 (0.51–0.74)
Posterior mean of variance (95% CI)
Unstructured 0.00 (0.00–0.04) 0.17 (0.12–0.27)
Structured 0.41 (0.26–0.66) 0.43 (0.29–0.67)
Deviance information criterion (DIC)
1275.270 1275.140 1301.080