Temporal epidemiology of microfilaraemia among migrant workers entering Kuwait

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Table 1 Polynomial regression model of the deseasonalized monthly proportions (per 100,000) of microfilaraemia positive migrant workers to Kuwait, 1992–2006.

Model terms	Un-standardized partial regression coefficients		t-statistic	p-value
	Estimate	SE
Time ( ${\hat{β}}_{1}$ )	2.9760	0.157	7.233	< 0.001
Time² ( ${\hat{β}}_{2}$ )	-0.0358	0.002	18.089	< 0.001
Time³ ( ${\hat{β}}_{3}$ )	0.0001	< 0.001	15.800	< 0.001
Constant ( ${\hat{β}}_{0}$ )	5.859	3.423

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