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Table 2 Lags with their corresponding cross-correlations (statistically significant) between environmental factors and malaria

From: Assessing temporal associations between environmental factors and malaria morbidity at varying transmission settings in Uganda

 

Kamwezi (low transmission)

Kasambya (medium transmission)

Nagongera (high transmission)

Counts

TPR

Counts

TPR

Counts

TPR

Lags

 Rainfall

11

23

12

7

3*

7

 Temperature

5

25

7

7

7*

7*

 Vegetation

3

0

23

6*

3

Cross-correlations

 Rainfall

0.27

0.16

−0.16

0.19

0.24

0.24

 Temperature

−0.15

0.15

−0.14

−0.19

0.25

−0.27

 Vegetation

0.15

−0.17

−0.17

0.21

−0.15

  1. * If multiple lags were significant, the lag with the highest correlation coefficient was chosen
  2. – indicates there were no significant lags from 0 to 26 weeks