Tick trails: the role of online recreational trail reviews in identifying risk factors and behavioral recommendations associated with tick encounters in Indiana

Table 3 Description of Indiana Trails by Trail Characteristics and Tick Presence (N = 697)

	Trails indicating Tick Presence		Trails not indicating Tick Presence		Overall		p-value
	n	%	n	%	n	%	p-value
Count	65	–	632	–	697	100%	–
State Region
North	12	18%	222	35%	234	34%	< 0.001***
Central	3	5%	212	34%	215	31%
South	50	77%	198	31%	248	36%
Land Management Type
Municipal	3	5%	133	21%	136	20%	< 0.001***
County	1	2%	78	12%	79	11%
State	31	48%	220	35%	251	36%
Federal	22	34%	48	8%	70	10%
Private	6	9%	101	16%	107	15%
Unknown	2	3%	52	8%	54	8%
Route Type
Loop	53	82%	463	73%	516	74%	0.348
Out & back	9	14%	129	20%	138	20%
Point to point	3	5%	40	6%	43	6%
Average Trail Length, mi	6.2	–	4.2	–	4.4	–	< 0.001***
(Median, mi)	4.4		2.2		2.4
Average Elevation Gain, ft	721.3	–	278.9	–	319.9	–	< 0.001***
(Median, ft)	472		111		124

Last column reflects results of Chi-square tests of independence for State Region, Land Management Type, and Route Type variables. Last column reflects results of Mann–Whitney U nonparametric tests of differences for Average trail length (mi) and Average elevation gain (ft) variables
p < 0.05; **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001

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