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Table 3 Alpha-cypermethrin content at baseline (10 nets for each type, 3 samples per net), RSD = Relative Standard Deviation; IQR = Inter-Quartile Range

From: Evidence for a useful life of more than three years for a polyester-based long-lasting insecticidal mosquito net in Western Uganda

Net type

Content alpha-cypermethrin in mg/m2

Variation of content

 

Mean

95% CI

Median

IQR

Range

Target

(median as % of target)

Between net

RSD

Within net

RSD

LLIN

192.0

194.5

200

11.0%

3.9%

 

177, 207

171, 207

146 to 221

(97.3%)

  

Conventional

22.0

24.2

24.9

34.3%

27.9%

ITN

17, 27

18, 25

2 to 45

(97.2%)