a positive trendp = 0.049
For provinces in Korea, there was no positive trend between the proportion of dogs that tested positive and the recorded burden of human disease (Spearman’s r = 0.261, p = 0.469), whereas there was a positive trend between the proportion of cats that tested positive and the recorded burden of human disease (Spearman’s r = 0.649, p = 0.049) ( Figure 2 ). 4.