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Table 4 The quantified posterior mean values with 95%CRI and the relative risks (RRs) for all environmental factors in the northern provinces of China

From: Spatiotemporal heterogeneity and long-term impact of meteorological, environmental, and socio-economic factors on scrub typhus in China from 2006 to 2018

Environmental factors

Posterior mean(95%CRI) (100%)

RR (95%CRI)

Monthly average temperature, per IQR (℃)

-10.720(-13.780, -7.470)

0.8985(0.8713,0.9280)

Monthly relative humidity, per IQR (%)

-3.042(-4.507, -1.613)

0.9701(0.9559,0.9840)

Monthly precipitation, per IQR (mm)

1.289(0.311, 2.263)

1.0130(1.0030,1.0230)

Monthly total sun hours, per IQR (h)

-3.024(-4.670, -1.442)

0.9702(0.9544,0.9857)

Monthly normalized vegetation index, per IQR (%)

-7.580(-10.960, -4.424)

0.9271(0.8962, 0.9567)

Monthly wind speed, per IQR (m/s)

-3.515(-5.224, -1.879)

0.9655(0.9491, 0.9814)