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Table 2 Spearman's rank correlation coefficient (ρ) for time-lag effect with temperature (°C) in Taiwan, Hwalien and Taitung Counties, respectively

From: Assessing trends and predictors of tuberculosis in Taiwan

Time-lag (mon)

Mean temperature

Mini temperature

Max temperature

  

Taiwan

 

0

0.35*

0.28*

0.40**

1

0.42***

0.36**

0.40**

2

0.40**

0.36**

0.38*

3

0.19

0.20

0.17

4

-0.01

-0.02

-0.03

  

Hwalien County

 

0

0.05

0.05

0.14

1

0.21

0.15

0.23

2

0.30*

0.26*

0.32*

3

0.37**

0.34*

0.35*

4

0.20

0.17

0.19

  

Taitung County

 

0

0.15

0.13

0.07

1

0.21

0.08

0.15

2

0.21

0.11

0.22

3

0.10

0.07

0.01

4

-0.06

-0.16

-0.10

  1. *p <0.05; **p < 0.005; ***p < 0.001.
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