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Table 5 Results of Mann–Whitney tests comparing available candidate elimination driver variables in Europe at the time of malaria elimination versus current eliminating countries by continent

From: Exploring the spatiotemporal drivers of malaria elimination in Europe

Variable

Americas

Africa

Asia

z

p value

z

p value

z

p value

Temperature

−4.7056

<0.0001

−4.0856

<0.0001

−3.1282

<0.01

Frost day frequency

4.7056

<0.0001

4.0103

<0.0001

2.4955

<0.05

Precipitation

4.7056

<0.0001

2.1275

<0.05

−1.113

0.2742

GDP

−0.39466

0.7087

−0.35773

0.7403

−1.0896

0.2846

Life expectancy

−4.311

<0.0001

1.0732

0.2989

−4.6516

<0.0001

Percentage urban population

−1.3965

0.1698

0.39538

0.7126

0.59752

0.5621

Percentage urban area

−1.3358

0.1898

0.50835

0.6317

1.4645

0.1477

Percentage cropland

3.218

<0.001

3.822

<0.0001

2.9642

<0.01

Percentage grassland

−2.1555

<0.05

−1.0355

0.3167

1.3474

0.1838