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Table 3 Significance factors and interactions*

From: Factors influencing U.S. canine heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) prevalence

Effect

Estimate

Standard error

Intercept

-8.4312

0.0993

Median household income

-0.0267

0.0004

Temperature

0.0655

0.0015

Elevation

0.5609

0.0171

Population density

-0.0444

0.0015

Temperature*Elevation

-0.0087

0.0003

Temperature*Forest coverage

0.4840

0.0195

Temperature*Surface water coverage

-0.0345

0.0034

Elevation*Relative humidity

-0.0041

0.0002

Forest coverage

-36.5371

2.1127

Population density*Median household

0.0005

<0.0001

income

  

Forest coverage*Surface water coverage

-18.1276

1.5896

Precipitation

0.3049

0.0278

Precipitation*Surface water coverage

-0.3247

0.0299

Precipitation*Elevation

0.0196

0.0020

Precipitation*Relative humidity

-0.0032

0.0004

Elevation*Surface water coverage

0.2472

0.0342

Elevation*Woodland coverage

0.7325

0.1019

Forest coverage*Relative humidity

0.0903

0.0234

Surface water coverage*Relative humidity

0.0281

0.0075

Surface water coverage

1.1773

0.5507

Aedes trivittatus

1.0682

0.0158

Aedes sierrensis

1.1311

0.0313

Culex quinquefasciatus

0.5483

0.0163

Anopheles punctipennis

0.3948

0.0191

Aedes canadensis

0.1567

0.0151

Aedes albopictus

-0.0976

0.0116

Aedes aegypti

-0.0879

0.0126

Anopheles quadrimaculatus

-0.1084

0.0163

  1. *All factors and their interactions are significant at level 0.01, except for that surface water coverage is significant at level 0.05.