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Table 3 Environmental factors evaluated from 1996 (Step 1) and 2007 (Step 2) SPOT satellite images and associated with the 1994-97 anopheline aggressiveness.

From: Spatial heterogeneity and temporal evolution of malaria transmission risk in Dakar, Senegal, according to remotely sensed environmental data

 

1996 SPOT-4 image

(20 m)

(Step 1)

2007 SPOT-5 image

(2.5 m degraded to 20 m)

(Step 2)

 

Coefficient

95% IC

p-value

Adjusted R2

Coefficient

95% IC

p-value

Adjusted R2

Distance to vegetation (per 100 m and square root transformed)

-0.33

-0.51; -0.15

0.0010

0.38

-0.41

-0.60; -0.21

0.0003

0.45

Built-up area in 300-m radius buffer (per Ha)

-0.04

-0.06; -0.02

0.0005

0.42

-0.06

-0.07; -0.04

< 0.0001

0.57

  1. Univariate linear regression. Twenty-three observations. Independent variables are not rounded. Anopheline aggressiveness is quare root transformed.