Table 4

Estimates of the fixed parameters of mixed-effects Poisson regression to study the relationships between meteorological variables and ln(An. gambiae s.s. densities per house per day) (N = 160; number of groups = 4).

Effect
Estimate (S.E.)
p
95% confidence interval

Average temperature in the previous month
11.560
(2.8288)
<0.0001
6.016
17.105
Average temperature in the previous month squared
-0.329
(0.0744)
<0.0001
-0.475
-0.183
Rainfall in the previous month
-0.055
(0.0273)
0.045
-0.108
-0.001
Rainfall at lag of two months
0.007
(0.0015)
<0.0001
0.004
0.010
Interaction term: average temperature in the previous month × rainfall in the previous month
0.003
(0.0014)
0.015
0.0007
0.0063
Constant
-107.609
(26.9111)
<0.0001
-160.353
-54.864

Kristan et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:231   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-231