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Table 5 Regression coefficients, ORs and 95% CrI from Bayesian spatial model (Model II) for human seropositivity for Echinococcus multilocularis in three school-based surveys conducted in Xiji County in 2002–2003, 2006–2007 and 2012–2013

From: Environmental risk factors and changing spatial patterns of human seropositivity for Echinococcus spp. in Xiji County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China

Model/Variable

Coefficient, posterior mean (95% CrI)

OR, posterior mean (95% CrI)

α1 (Intercept study 1)

-2.25 (-3.38– -1.39)

–

α2 (Intercept study2)

-1.75 (-2.47– -0.94)

–

α3 (Intercept study 3)

-2.88 (-3.90– -2.13)

–

Femalea

0.09 (-0.11–0.24)

1.09 (0.89–1.28)

Age

-0.01 (-0.03–0.02)

0.99 (0.96–1.02)

Summer precipitation same year (1 km)

6.53 × 103 (3.40 × 103–9.31 × 103)

1.01 (1.01–1.02)

EVI same year (1 km)

4.97 × 106 (7.10 × 104–6.21 × 104)

1.00 (0.99–1.00)

Bareland/Art surfaces same year (1 km)

-0.02 (-0.05–0.01)

0.99 (0.99–1.00)

Cultivated land 5 years prior (1 km)

0.01 (-0.01–0.02)

1.01 (0.99–1.02)

Cultivated land same year (1 km)

-0.01 (-0.01–0.01)

0.99 (0.98–1.01)

Herbaceous vegetation 5-year average (1 km)

-0.01 (-0.01–0.01)

0.99 (0.98–1.00)

Water bodies average (1 km)

0.60 (0.24–0.91)

1.82 (1.27–2.50)

Forest same year (1 km)

-0.01 (-0.01–0.01)

1.00 (0.99–1.01)

NumP 5-year average (1 km)

-0.01 (-0.02– -0.01)

0.98 (0.97–0.99)

MPS 5-year average (1 km)

-0.19 (-0.68–0.13)

0.82 (0.50–1.14)

ED 5-year average (1 km)

5.11 × 103 (2.10 × 104–9.97 × 103)

1.01 (1.01–1.02)

Elevation (5 km)

3.99 × 104 (1.64 × 103–1.00 × 103)

0.99 (0.99–1.01)

Winter precipitation 5-year average (5 km)

-0.11 (-0.17– -0.04)

0.89 (0.83–0.95)

Summer temperature 5 years prior (5 km)

-0.01 (-0.38–0.35)

0.99 (0.67–1.42)

Forest 5-year average (5 km)

0.01 (-0.01–0.01)

1.00 (0.99–1.01)

Water bodies 5 years prior (5 km)

0.02 (-0.16–0.20)

1.02 (0.84–1.23)

Water bodies 5-year average (5 km)

-0.02 (-0.07–0.01)

0.97 (0.92–1.01)

Shrubland 5 years prior (5 km)

-1.58 (-2.95– -0.29)

0.20 (0.05–0.74)

Shrubland same year (5 km)

0.95 (-0.45–2.10)

2.59 (0.63–8.23)

Cultivated land same year (5 km)

-0.01 (-0.02–0.01)

0.99 (0.97–1.01)

NumP same year (5 km)

1.66 × 104 (1.25 × 104–4.71 × 104)

1.01 (0.99–1.01)

Heterogeneity structured (survey 1)

3.09 × 103 (5.33 × 104–9.19 × 103)

–

Heterogeneity structured (survey 2)

2.29 × 103 (3.11 × 104–5.28 × 103)

–

Heterogeneity structured (survey 3)

2.29 × 103 (3.11 × 104–5.28 × 103)

–

Ï• 1 (Decay of spatial correlation survey 1)

0.07 (0.01–0.23)

–

Ï• 2 (Decay of spatial correlation survey 2)

0.10 (0.02–0.40)

–

Ï• 3 (Decay of spatial correlation survey 3)

0.26 (0.09–0.52)

–

DIC

3697

–

  1. Abbreviations: OR odds ratio, 95% CrI 95% credible interval, DIC deviance information criterion
  2. aReference category: gender (male)