Table 1 Leprosy Risk in Humans Model outputs showing the influence of environmental and socioeconomic variables on the incidence of leprosy in humans

Intercept

− 7.96

0.37

− 21.41

< 0.001

Human population density (log10)

− 0.64

0.02

− 29.98

< 0.001

Armadillo-hunting infection risk

1.69

0.06

28.34

< 0.001

Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation)

0.82

0.06

14.48

< 0.001

Closed broadleaved deciduous forest (> 40%)

2.05

0.17

11.95

< 0.001

Natural habitat coverage

− 0.50

0.05

− 9.40

< 0.001

Density of rivers

1.39

0.15

9.36

< 0.001

Closed to open grassland

− 29.58

3.89

− 7.61

< 0.001

Temperature annual range

− 1.11

0.15

− 7.59

< 0.001

Malnutrition

0.01

0

4.90

< 0.001

Closed to open vegetation (grassland/shrubland) on regularly flooded or waterlogged soil

1.74

0.37

4.77

< 0.001

Closed broadleaved semi-deciduous or evergreen forest regularly flooded—saline water

− 0.88

0.34

− 2.58

0.010

Human Development Index

− 0.47

0.19

− 2.48

0.013

Closed to open shrubland

− 0.15

0.09

− 1.70

0.090

Closed to open (> 15%) broadleaved evergreen or semi-deciduous forest

− 0.11

0.07

− 1.48

0.140