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Table 3.
Correlation of seasonal climate parameters to scabies from 2000 to 2013 in Taiwan.
| Average monthly climate parameters | Incidence of scabies infection |
|
|---|---|---|
| r | p | |
| All | ||
| Temperature (°C) | −0.152 | <0.001*** |
| Total sunshine hours | −0.059 | 0.155 |
| Relative humidity (%) | 0.192 | <0.001*** |
| Total rainfall amount (mm) | 0.034 | 0.416 |
| Total rain days | 0.046 | 0.272 |
| Spring | ||
| Temperature (°C) | −0.262 | 0.001** |
| Total sunshine hours | 0.041 | 0.629 |
| Relative humidity (%) | 0.119 | 0.154 |
| Total rainfall amount (mm) | 0.212 | 0.011* |
| Total rain days | 0.094 | 0.261 |
| Summer | ||
| Temperature (°C) | 0.126 | 0.133 |
| Total sunshine hours | −0.305 | <0.001*** |
| Relative humidity (%) | −0.045 | 0.593 |
| Total rainfall amount (mm) | 0.098 | 0.241 |
| Total rain days | 0.190 | 0.022* |
| Fall | ||
| Temperature (°C) | −0.143 | 0.087 |
| Total sunshine hours | 0.059 | 0.484 |
| Relative humidity (%) | 0.217 | 0.009* |
| Total rainfall amount (mm) | −0.055 | 0.512 |
| Total rain days | −0.022 | 0.792 |
| Winter | ||
| Temperature (°C) | −0.336 | <0.001*** |
| Total sunshine hours | 0.035 | 0.674 |
| Relative humidity (%) | 0.475 | <0.001*** |
| Total rainfall amount (mm) | 0.317 | <0.001*** |
| Total rain days | 0.082 | 0.328 |
r: Pearson’s correlation, ***p < 0.001; **p = 0.001; *p < 0.05.
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