Malaria transmission dynamics surrounding the first nationwide long-lasting insecticidal net distribution in Papua New Guinea

Table 1 The effect of environmental variables on hourly catch of anopheline mosquitoes

Variable	Category	p value	Odds ratio	95 % CI
Wind^a	None		1.00
	Light	0.263	0.87	[0.69, 1.11]
	Moderate	<0.001	0.50	[0.39, 0.66]
	Heavy	<0.001	0.37	[0.27, 0.52]
Cloud^a	None		1.00
	Light	0.001	1.40	[1.14, 1.72]
	Moderate	0.245	0.83	[0.60, 1.14]
	Heavy	0.890	0.99	[0.83, 1.18]
Rain^a	None		1.00
	Light	0.563	1.06	[0.87, 1.30]
	Moderate	0.120	0.69	[0.44, 1.10]
	Heavy	0.129	0.76	[0.54, 1.08]
LLINs^b	Absent		1.00
	Present	<0.001	0.38	[0.29, 0.48]
People^c		0.555
Animal^c		0.800
Rain_lag^d		0.002

^aCategorical variables refer to the conditions during the hour of collection
^bCategorical variable referring to whether LLINs had been distributed
^cContinuous variables refer to the number of alternative hosts present during the hour of collection
^dContinuous variable referring to the amount of rainfall in the previous month

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