Table 2

Bivariate association between chromosomal forms and climate and environmental parameters arising from multinomial regression model.

Parameters
Savanna OR (95% CI)
Bamako OR (95% CI)
Hybrids OR (95% CI)
p-value (AIC)

Agro-ecological zones (AEZ)




     Guinea savanna
1.00
1.00
1.00
< 0.001
     Sudan savanna
0.91 (0.84–0.98)
0.87 (0.80–0.94)
1.42 (1.23–1.63)

     Sahel
0.30 (0.26–0.33)
1.03 (0.94–1.12)
0.73 (0.61–0.88)

Distance to water bodies




     < 4 km
1.00
1.00
1.00
< 0.001
     4 – 10 km
0.59 (0.55–0.63)
1.10 (1.03–1.18)
0.39 (0.34–0.44)

     >10 – 20 km
0.95 (0.87–1.05
0.80 (0.72–0.89)
0.76 (0.65–0.89)

     > 20 km
0.32 (0.25–0.42)
0.22 (0.15–0.30)
0.32 (0.21–0.49)

Land use




     Savanna
1.00
1.00
1.00
< 0.001
     Crop/Grass/Mosaic land
0.34 (0.31–0.37)
1.20 (1.12–1.29)
0.60 (0.52–0.69)

     Others
0.09 (0.07–0.13)
0.10 (0.07–0.14)
0.35 (0.25–0.49)

Suitability to transmission




     Not suitable
1.00
1.00
1.00
< 0.001
     Suitable
4.44 (4.14–4.76)
1.67 (1.57–1.78)
2.90 (2.60–3.24)

Rainfall




     Measure_1
1.06 (1.03–1.10)
1.00 (0.96–1.03)
1.23 (1.18–1.29)
<0.001 (58461.76)
     Measure_2
1.60 (1.55–1.65)
0.99 (0.96–1.03)
1.31 (1.24–1.37)
<0.001 (57481.14)
     Measure_3
1.32 (1.28–1.36)
0.99 (0.96–1.03)
1.29 (1.23–1.35)
<0.001 (58134.34)
     Measure_4
1.87 (1.81–1.93)
1.07 (1.04–1.11)
1.51 (1.44–1.59)
<0.001 (56806.59)
NDVI




     Measure_1
2.09 (2.02–2.17)
1.13 (1.09–1.16)
1.71 (1.62–1.81)
<0.001 (56443.11)
     Measure_2
2.69 (2.59–2.79)
1.24 (1.20–1.28)
1.73 (1.63–1.83)
<0.001 (55413.54)
     Measure_3
2.45 (2.36–2.54)
1.18 (1.15–1.22)
1.75 (1.65–1.85)
<0.001 (55830.97)
     Measure_4
2.81 (2.70–2.92)
1.19 (1.15–1.23)
1.80 (1.70–1.91)
<0.001 (55171.33)
Temperature




     Mean minimum
0.995(0.984–0.987)
0.995(0.994–0.996)
0.992(0.990–0.994)
<0.001
     Mean maximum
0.981(0.980–0.983)
0.993(0.992–0.994)
0.985(0.984–0.987)
<0.001
SWS
28.79 (23.59–35.14)
2.15 (1.67–2.77)
7.57(5.39–10.63)
<0.001

Odds ratios are relative to Mopti chromosomal form.

Sogoba et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:205   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-205