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Table 3 Generalized linear mixed-effects models investigating the effect of infection presence (infected or uninfected) and infection load (number of parasite genomes/μL of DNA extract quantified using qPCR) on the PLS score of the predicted samples including mosquito age as a random effect

From: Detection of Plasmodium falciparum infected Anopheles gambiae using near-infrared spectroscopy

 

Coefficients

Robust standard error

z

95% Confidence intervals

P value

Oocyst infections

 Infection presence

0.67

0.13

5.11

0.41 to 0.93

< 0.001

 Infection load

− 0.000003

− 0.000002

− 1.26

− 0.0000074 to 0.0000015

0.21

 Mosquito age

(random effect)

0.018

0.005

–

0.01 to 0.03

–

Sporozoite infections

 Infection presence

0.75

0.12

6.03

0.51 to 1.00

< 0.001

 Infection load

0.0000019

0.0000003

5.82

0.0000013 to 0.0000025

< 0.001

 Mosquito age

(random effect)

0.007

0.008

–

0.0032 to 0.087

–