Strength of bed nets as function of denier, knitting pattern, texturizing and polymer

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Table 3 Linear multi regression analysis using weight/m² as weighting factor for the model nets

Variable/Regression	Constant	Denier		Hole Shape		Texturizing		Overall Correlation
		Coeff.	P	Coeff.	P	Coeff.	P	r²	F	P
Bursting Strength	293	+ 2.94	0.02	-41	0.01	-35	0.14	0.89	11.3	0.020
	275	+2.95	0.03	-41	0.02			0.81	10.6	0.016
Height at Burst	3.32	+0.02	0.03	+0.70	0.001	-0.78	0.01	0.96	30.9	0.0032
Tensile Strength Length	39.7	-0.1	0.56	+ 1.2	0.59	-3.9	0.38	0.30	0.57	0.66
Tensile Strength Width	2.38	+0.26	0.004	-1.0	0.55	- 1.62	0.21	0.91	13.3	0.015
	-3.44	+0.26	0.003					0.78	22.0	0.003

Where the table presents two lines per row, the upper line includes all independent variables, whereas the lower line shows the significantly best fit after omitting variables that did not have significant impact.

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