Table 2 Estimated odds ratio, standard error, 95% confidence interval, and P-values for effects of spatial scale and publication year on tick-borne disease risk. There were significant effects of scale and year (Wald test statistic [df = 4] = 117.6, P < 0.0001)
Spatial scale | Odds ratio | SE | CI | P | Number of studies | Number of records |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yard | 2.60 | 1.16 | [1.96, 3.46] | <0.0001 | 13 | 59 |
Neighborhood | 4.08 | 1.29 | [2.49, 6.68] | <0.0001 | 4 | 5 |
Outside Neighborhood | 2.03 | 1.13 | [1.59, 2.59] | <0.0001 | 9 | 34 |
Year | 0.97 | 1.01 | [0.96, 0.99] | 0.0001 | NA | NA |