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Table 3 Comparisons of environmental values between groups of prevalence

From: Biogeographical characteristics of Schistosoma mansoni endemic areas in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta analysis

Variable

Min–Max

Percentile

Prevalence < 10%

(A)

Prevalence

10–50% (B)

Prevalence > 50%

(C)

F

Turkey

post-hoc test

5%

95%

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean temperature (°C)

17.90–29.80

17.97

28.00

21.82

2.55

22.68

3.19

22.33

2.94

0.65

 

Annual precipitation (mm)

1400.00–1898.00

1466.70

1819.00

1635.00

117.88

1654.00

108.09

1652.00

120.65

0.23

 

Maximum temperature (°C)

19.88–29.56

21.92

28.74

24.19

2.26

26.28

1.62

26.09

1.78

10.96*

A < B, C

Minimum temperature (°C)

8.12–16.40

9.07

15.52

10.95

1.99

12.69

1.72

12.78

1.58

10.04*

A < B, C

Mean precipitation (mm)

1.87–4.89

2.39

4.21

3.19

0.45

3.28

0.66

33.18

0.67

0.29

 

Elevation (Meters above sea level)

847.60–3141.80

1142.26

2557.16

2126.00

467.74

1840.10

363.11

1802.50

372.33

5.74*

A > B, C

NDVI

0.03–0.75

0.16

0.69

0.38

0.10

0.45

0.12

0.42

0.17

1.83

 

Silt (g/100 g)

22.98–36.73

26.30

33.85

31.01

1.81

29.97

2.39

30.33

3.02

1.30

 

Sand (g/100 g)

19.11–47.22

20.24

43.10

29.94

6.06

29.50

8.64

32.43

6.72

1.58

 

Clay (g/100 g)

22.89–52.81

25.80

51.44

39.05

5.99

40.53

8.90

37.23

7.21

1.63

 

Wealth index score

−68 857.00–179 756.00

−51 503.92

21 657.24

−22 877

46 302.59

−11 783.00

43 861.37

−25 735.00

20 550.91

1.91

 
  1. * means significant difference between A, B and C; NDVI Normalized Difference Vegetation Index