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Table 4 Model estimates of effects of meteorological variables on CCHF incidence

From: The effect of climate variables on the incidence of Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in Zahedan, Iran

Smooth terms

edf

F

S (month)

3.23

1.66***

s (Lag (average temperature, −5))

5.3

6.46***

s (minimum of relative humidity)

2.97

6.72***

s (rainfall)

4.56

1.8***

 

Estimate

Std. Error

Intercept

−0.20

0.19

R-sq. (adj)

54%

  1. *** Significant at the 0.001 level
  2. edf effective degrees of freedom of the smooth function term. Edf > 1 indicates nonlinear association
  3. F value is an estimate of F-test