Table 3 Univariate correlation between environmental factors and malaria incidence in communities living in < 5 km and further away from the reservoirs
From: Malaria around large dams in Africa: effect of environmental and transmission endemicity factors
Factors | Stable area | Unstable area | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pearson’s correlation | P | Pearson’s correlation | P | |
Dam communities (< 5 km) | ||||
Slope (°) | − 0.48 | < 0.001 | − 0.73 | < 0.001 |
Elevation (m) | − 0.26 | < 0.05 | − 0.56 | < 0.001 |
Receding shoreline area (m2) | 0.39 | < 0.001 | 0.45 | < 0.001 |
Rainfall (mm) | 0.25 | < 0.05 | 0.37 | < 0.05 |
Minimum temperature (°C) | 0.27 | < 0.05 | 0.39 | < 0.05 |
Humidity (%) | 0.16 | > 0.05 | 0.28 | < 0.05 |
Non-dam communities (5–10 km) | ||||
Slope (°) | − 0.41 | < 0.001 | − 0.64 | < 0.001 |
Elevation (m) | − 0.32 | < 0.05 | − 0.59 | < 0.001 |
Receding shoreline area (m2) | 0.19 | > 0.05 | 0.16 | > 0.05 |
Rainfall (mm) | 0.48 | < 0.001 | 0.67 | < 0.001 |
Minimum temperature (°C) | 0.22 | < 0.05 | 0.37 | < 0.05 |
Humidity (%) | 0.18 | > 0.05 | 0.39 | < 0.05 |