Screening eaves of houses reduces indoor mosquito density in rural, western Kenya

Malaria Journal

Table 2 Comparison of mean number of female Anopheles funestus, Anopheles gambiae and Culex species collected indoors by wall type, window condition, net use, and cook in the house

Mosquito species	Parameter	Level	Mean	Risk ratio	Lower CL	Upper CL	P-value
Anopheles funestus	Wall type	Cement	0.69	0.27	0.05	1.58	0.15
		Mud	0.88	0.31	0.04	2.32	0.25
		Painted cement	0.13	0.05	0.01	0.38	0.004
		Plastered mud	0.64	0.26	0.05	1.34	0.11
		Brick	4.50	Ref
	Windows intact	Yes	0.62	0.66	0.44	0.98	0.04
	Windows intact	No	0.78	Ref
	Net use	Yes	0.45	0.45	0.29	0.70	0.0003
	Net use	No	1.56	Ref
	Cook in the house	Yes	0.59	0.92	0.65	1.31	0.66
	Cook in the house	No	0.71	Ref
Anopheles gambiae	Wall type	Cement	0.49	1.15	0.23	5.62	0.86
		Mud	0.54	1.28	0.21	7.70	0.79
		Painted cement	0.32	0.70	0.13	3.75	0.68
		Plastered mud	0.61	1.31	0.29	5.87	0.72
		Brick	0.40	Ref
	Windows intact	Yes	0.55	0.75	0.57	1.02	0.07
	Windows intact	No	0.74	Ref
	Net use	Yes	0.54	0.76	0.55	1.07	0.12
	Net use	No	0.81	Ref
	Cook in the house	Yes	0.42	0.60	0.45	0.79	0.0002
	Cook in the house	No	0.74	Ref
Culex species	Wall type	Cement	9.86	2.48	0.84	7.27	0.10
		Mud	5.63	2.46	0.73	8.25	0.15
		Painted cement	6.30	2.51	0.82	7.66	0.12
		Plastered mud	10.86	3.04	1.10	8.42	0.03
		Brick	2.20	Ref
	Windows intact	Yes	9.62	0.65	0.54	0.80	< 0.001
	Windows intact	No	13.47	Ref
	Net use	Yes	9.87	0.79	0.62	1.00	0.05
	Net use	No	13.08	Ref
	Cook in the house	Yes	9.96	0.89	0.74	1.08	0.25
	Cook in the house	No	10.93	Ref

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