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Table 1 Summary statistics of environmental covariables

From: Seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in Belgian forestry workers and associated risk factors

Variable

Descriptive statistics

Mean

SD

Range

Landscape composition variables

ā€ƒProportion of artificial land (%)

12.6

4.9

7.6ā€“20.5

ā€ƒProportion of wetland (%)

1.4

1.1

0.7ā€“4.2

ā€ƒProportion of grassland (%)

30.0

5.7

21.2ā€“39.5

ā€ƒProportion of arable land (%)

18.5

12.8

4.8ā€“43.1

ā€ƒProportion of permanent crops (%)

0.4

0.5

0ā€“1.6

ā€ƒProportion of fallow land (%)

0.4

0.2

0.2ā€“0.7

ā€ƒProportion of hardwood forest (%)

10.6

6.4

0.9ā€“19.5

ā€ƒProportion of conifer forest (%)

9.6

8.1

0.3ā€“22.9

ā€ƒProportion of forest (unspecified type) (%)

13.9

5.8

3.2ā€“21.9

ā€ƒPublic forest (%)

32.0

19.0

2.2ā€“67.8

Landscape configuration variables

ā€ƒArea-weighted mean shape index (-)

2.2

0.2

2.0ā€“2.7

ā€ƒArea-weighted mean patch fractal dimension (-)

1.30

0.01

1.29ā€“1.31

ā€ƒEdge density (m/ha)

150.8

46.2

97.2ā€“216.0

ā€ƒPatch density number (#/ha)

0.2

0.1

0.1ā€“0.4

Wildlife variables

ā€ƒBoar density per TMU (n/km2)

4.4

1.4

2.4ā€“7.3

ā€ƒRoe deer density per TMU (n/km2)

7.3

1.4

6.1ā€“10.1

ā€ƒRed deer density per TMU (n/km2)

2.1

1.2

0ā€“3.5

ā€ƒBoar shot per TMU (n/km2)

3.7

1.8

1.2ā€“6.7

ā€ƒRoe deer shot per TMU (n/km2)

3.2

0.6

2.7ā€“4.3

ā€ƒRed deer shot per TMU (n/km2)

0.9

0.5

0ā€“1.4

Belgian forest inventory variables

ā€ƒNatura 2000

0.3

0.06

0.2ā€“0.5

ā€ƒSlope

6.3

1.5

3.9ā€“8.9

ā€ƒST3 - < 5%

17.9

2.3

13.9ā€“22.1

ā€ƒST3 - 5ā€“24%

24.0

4.3

15.6ā€“29.1

ā€ƒST3 - 25ā€“49%

15.2

3.0

10.6ā€“19.7

ā€ƒST3 - 50ā€“75%

7.1

1.2

5.6ā€“8.9

ā€ƒST3 - > 75%

3.1

1.0

1.4ā€“5.5

ā€ƒST3ā€“9 - < 5%

9.1

1.8

6.9ā€“12.4

ā€ƒST3ā€“9 - 5ā€“24%

16.2

3.7

10.2ā€“24.2

ā€ƒST3ā€“9 - 25ā€“49%

16.3

4.6

9.3ā€“21.4

ā€ƒST3ā€“9 - 50ā€“75%

11.4

4.3

5.0ā€“17.2

ā€ƒST3ā€“9 - > 75%

8.5

3.0

4.6ā€“12.5

  1. Abbreviations: SD Standard deviation, ST 3 The amount of shadow at ground level produced by trees smaller than 3 m, ST 3ā€“9 The amount of shadow at ground level produced by trees of 3ā€“9 m high, TMU Territorial management units