Table 5.

Comparison of meal sizes of mosquitoes fed on five different solvents with blood fed group as the reference

Meal type	n	Mean	Sd	Estimate	95% CI	p-value
Bloodfed	96	2.18 mg	0.64	Ref
Unfed	98	0.82 mg	0.27	0.26 mg	0.22, 0.30 mg	< 0.001
Sugar fed	95	0.93 mg	0.32	0.29 mg	0.25, 0.33 mg	< 0.001
BS 1:1	92	0.95 mg	0.43	0.29 mg	0.25, 0.34 mg	< 0.001
BS 1:2	92	0.96 mg	0.38	0.29 mg	0.25, 0.34 mg	< 0.001
BS 1:4	93	1.12 mg	0.39	0.34 mg	0.29, 0.40 mg	< 0.001
BS 1:8	92	1.27 mg	0.57	0.39 mg	0.34, 0.48 mg	< 0.001

n total number of mosquitoes per group, BS blood to glucose ratio, Sd standard deviation

Linear regression to compare relationship between meal sizes using weight estimates of mosquitoes fed from the five solvents for each experimental group with blood fed group as the reference group