Table 3
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Meteorological variables, their transformation powers and functional forms used in deriving estimates for the association with clinical malaria risk |
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| Variables (degree) |
Variables (power) |
Transformation functions |
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| Average temperature (Second degree) |
Tmean_1 (-2) |
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| Tmean_2 (0.5) |
 |
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| Rainfall (Second degree) |
Pmm_1 (2) |
 |
| Pmm_2 (2) |
 |
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| Relative humidity (Second degree) |
RH_1 (-1) |
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| RH_2 (-1) |
 |
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| Rainfall and humidity (first degree) |
PmmRH (-1) |
 |
| Temperature and humidity (first degree) |
TRH (1) |
TRH - 1305 |
| Temperature and rainfall (first degree) |
TPmm (1) |
TPmm - 989.7 |
Yé et al. BMC Public Health 2007 7:101 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-101 |
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