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Table 4 Summary statistics for the number of mosquitoes caught in houses with different characteristics

From: Housing gaps, mosquitoes and public viewpoints: a mixed methods assessment of relationships between house characteristics, malaria vector biting risk and community perspectives in rural Tanzania

Variables

Category

Culex species

Mansonia species

  

Mean (CI)

RR (95% CI)

P value

Mean

RR (95% CI)

P value

Wall type

Bricks

51.7 (45.2 – 86.9)

1.0

 

0.6 (0.3 – 1.5)

1.0

0.805

Mud

66.2 (43.9 – 88.5)

2.3 (2.1– 2.6)

<0.001

1.5 (0.4 – 2.5)

2.5 (1.7 – 3.8)

<0.005

Eave space

Closed

57.9 (27.7 – 88.1)

1.0

 

0.3 (0.1 – 0.6)

1.0

 

Open

67.2 (48.7 – 85.8)

1.9 (1.8 – 2.0)

<0.001

1.5 (0.7 – 2.3)

1.5 (1.4 –1.8)

<0.001

Roof type

Iron sheet

56.7 (33.9 – 79.4)

1.0

 

0.7 (0.1 – 1.4)

1.0

 

Grass

70.2 (48.7 – 91.7)

2.6 (2.4 – 2.7)

0.139

1.5 (0.6 – 2.3)

2.5 (1.8 – 2.4)

0.705

Doors

Closed

29.5 (0.0 – 79.9)

1.0

 

0.2 (0.0 – 0.9)

1.0

 

Open

56.2 (43.9 – 88.5)

2.3 (2.1– 2.6)

<0.001

1.5 (0.4 – 2.5)

2.5 (1.7 – 3.8)

<0.005

Window

Screened

55.4 (23.2 – 86.6)

1.0

 

0.9 (0.0 – 2.0)

1.0

 

Unscreened

68.4 (50.3 – 86.5)

2.5 (2.4 – 2.6)

<0.001

1.3 (0.6 – 2.0)

1.8 (1.7 – 1.9)

<0.001

Chicken indoors

No

63.8 (46.2 – 81.5)

1.0

 

1.1 (0.5 –1.8)

1.0

 

Yes

67.4 (34.6 – 100.0)

1.2 (1.1– 1.2)

<0.001

1.3 (0.0 – 2.7)

2.6 (2.4 – 2.7)

<0.001

  1. The mean nightly catches of Culex and Mansonia species, relative rates and the associated significance levels were calculated from the generalized linear mixed models (GLMMs) at 95% confidence interval