Spatial heterogeneity of haemoglobin concentration in preschool-age children in sub-Saharan Africa
Ricardo J Soares Magalhães & Archie CA Clements
Volume 89, Number 6, June 2011, 459-468
Table 2. Association of environmental variables with blood haemoglobin concentration in children aged less than 5 years in western and eastern Africa
| Environmental variable | Western Africaa |
Eastern Africab |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coefficient (95%CI) | P | Coefficient (95%CI) | P | ||
| DPWB | –0.90 (–1.28 to –0.52) | < 0.001 | 0.56 (0.19 to 0.93) | 0.003 | |
| Elevation | 0.88 (0.50 to 1.27) | < 0.001 | 1.58 (1.10 to 2.07) | < 0.001 | |
| LST | –4.49 (–5.19 to –3.79) | < 0.001 | –1.68 (–2.18 to –1.18) | < 0.001 | |
| NDVI | –2.43 (–3.12 to –1.75) | < 0.001 | –0.74 (–1.22 to –0.26) | 0.002 | |
| Intercept | 96.90 (96.54 to 97.27) | < 0.001 | 103.99 (103.63 to 104.35) | < 0.001 | |
CI, confidence interval; DPWB, distance to perennial water body; LST, land surface temperature; NDVI, normalized difference vegetation index.
a Includes Cameroon.
b Includes the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho and Swaziland.