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Table 2 Results of the Bayesian logistic regression model.

From: Spatial prediction of malaria prevalence in an endemic area of Bangladesh

Variable

Posterior distribution

 

OR (95% CI)

Age*

0.95 (0.93,0.97)

Economic status (live with deficiency)

1

Economic status (Deficient sometimes)

1.11 (0.50, 2.14)

Economic status (No deficient nor surplus)

1.70 (0.78, 3.23)

Economic status (Surplus)

1.37 (0.52, 2.90)

Forest type (deep forest)

1

Forest type (fragmented forest)

1.82 (1.02, 3.16)

Forest type (other woodland)

1.16 (0.20, 3.46)

Elevation*

1.17 (0.90, 1.51)

Intercept

0.31 (0.13, 0.63)

Rate of decay of spatial correlation#

399 (147.8, 587.2)

Variance of spatial random effect

0.62 (0.03,2.39)

  1. *CI = Credible interval; SD standard deviation; Values for the fixed effects are odds ratios; note the odds ratios for age and elevation are on a common scale, where the variables were standardized to have a mean = 0 and standard deviation = 1. #in decimal degrees.