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Table 3 Variables selected by the geostatistical variable selection approach

From: Modelling the geographical distribution of soil-transmitted helminth infections in Bolivia

 

A. lumbricoides infection

T. trichiura infection

Hookworm infection

Group 1

         

Home with indoor plumbing1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

People with drinking water at home1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Pipe network

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Population with high quality of life

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Population with UBN

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Population with sanitation at home

0

0

0

0

X

0

0

0

0

Group 2

         

Population with material UBN

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Population with low quality of life

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Group 3

         

Minimum temperature coldest month1,2

0

0

0

0

0

0

X

0

X

Altitude

0

0

0

X

0

0

0

0

0

Annual temperature

0

0

0

0

X

0

0

0

0

Maximum temperature warmest month

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Temperature wettest quarter

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

X

0

Temperature driest quarter

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Temperature warmest quarter

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Temperature coldest quarter

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Group 4

         

Temperature annual range3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Temperature diurnal range

0

0

0

0

0

X

0

0

0

Group 5

         

Annual precipitation1,2,3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Precipitation wettest month1,2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Precipitation wettest quarter1,2

X

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Precipitation driest month2,3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Precipitation driest quarter2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Precipitation warmest quarter3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Precipitation coldest quarter2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Group 6

         

Enhanced vegetation index

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Normalized difference vegetation index

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

X

Moderately correlated

         

Soil acidity1,3

0

0

X

0

0

0

0

0

0

Precipitation seasonality1,3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Soil moisture2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Isothermality

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Temperature seasonality

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Human influence index

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Infant mortality rate

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Human development index

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Population with education UBN

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Population with overcrowding UBN

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Population with sanitation UBN

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Population with light at home

0

0

0

0

X

0

0

0

0

Unemployment rate

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Posterior probability [%]

42.2

5.9

2.9

10.1

6.0

5.2

10.2

4.7

2.0

  1. 1Categorised for A. lumbricoides;2categorised for T. trichiura; 3categorised for hookworm; X (selected), 0 (not selected).
  2. The best three models selected by the geostatistical variable selections are presented for each soil-transmitted helminth species, together with their posterior probabilities.