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Table 2 The F-test statistics for the parameters included in the generalized additive mixed models for the long-term endemic region

From: The impact of temperature and precipitation on blacklegged tick activity and Lyme disease incidence in endemic and emerging regions

Long-Term Endemic Region

Parameters

df

F

P-value

Reporting Type

1

11.44

< 0.001a

Year

1

0.00

0.99

Latitude × Longitude

17

6.21

< 0.001a

N-HDD

1

21.38

< 0.001a

L-HDD

1

3.37

0.07

  1. County was included as a random effect in this model. a denotes a factor which significantly improved the model according to the BIC value
  2. Residual degrees of freedom = 565, r 2 = 0.67