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Table 4 Final model of the semi-parametric geographically weighted Poisson regression, with global parameters (top) and local parameters (bottom)

From: Geographically weighted regression of land cover determinants of Plasmodium falciparum transmission in the Ashanti Region of Ghana

Global variable

Incidence rate ratio

95% confidence interval

P-value

Deforested areas§

0.88

0.78

0.99

0.032

Palm trees§

0.86

0.71

1.03

0.11

Water

1.16

0.94

1.44

0.17

Ethnic group: Northerners

1.08

0.95

1.22

0.26

Financial status¥

0.82

0.76

0.90

<0.001

Mosquito protection¤

0.82

0.76

0.90

<0.001

Mother’s education£

0.89

0.82

0.96

0.003

Mother’s occupation¢

1.34

1.24

1.45

<0.001

SP-armμ

0.92

0.86

0.98

0.013

Local variable

Median incidence rate ratio

Minimum incidence rate ratio

Maximum incidence rate ratio

Interquartile range

Intercept

0.01

0.00

0.10

0.02

Banana

1.02

0.29

1.76

0.25

Built-up areas

0.94

0.51

2.11

0.46

Forest

0.90

0.05

2.95

0.51

Cacao

1.33

0.17

6.21

0.97

Oranges§

1.11

0.27

2.21

0.68

Swampy areas§

1.15

0.22

3.59

0.88

  1. Categories: §10%, 20%, not present/present, ¥good financial situation, ¤uses bed-net/fly-screen, £at least secondary school education, ¢mother works as a farmer, μIPTi with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine.