Table 1 Mean proportion of L1 surviving to pupae, adulthood and proportion of males of four laboratory reared An. arabiensis strains. Mean values ± SD, lower–upper 95% CI in brackets

58.0 ± 23.9 (− 1.4–117.4)^a

37.7 ± 15.0 (0.3–75.0)^a

60.0 ± 4.0 (50.1–69.9)^a

26.7 ± 10.4 (0.8–10.4)^b

19.0 ± 5.6 (5.2–32.8)^b

51.7 ± 4.9 (39.4–63.9)^a

44.3 ± 15.9 (4.9–83.8)^a

41.0 ± 26.6 (− 25.1–107.2)^a

49.0 ± 9.5 (25.3–72.7)^a

70.3 ± 6.5 (54.2–86.5)^c

53.3 ± 1.5 (49.5–57.1)^c

57.3 ± 6.8 (40.4–74.2)^a