Table 6.
Results of multivariate regression analysis of different physicochemical characteristics and their association with occurrence of mosquito larvae.
| Physicochemical characteristic |
Anopheles arabiensis |
Anopheles funestus |
Culex spp. |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR (95 % CIs) | p-value | OR (95 % CIs) | p-value | OR (95 % CIs) | p-value | |
| pH | 0.89 (0.32–2.43) | 0.25 | 10.01 (1.11–90.32) | 0.04 | 0.22 (0.06–0.83) | <0.001 |
| Temperature (°C) | 0.80 (0.62–1.02) | 0.08 | 0.74 (0.35–1.54) | 0.42 | 3.08 (1.82–5.23) | 0.03 |
| Electrical conductivity (μS/cm) | 1.02 (1–1.04) | 0.02 | 0.98 (0.94–1.02) | 0.24 | 1.13 (1.04–1.23) | <0.001 |
| TDS (ppm) | 1 (0.98–1.02) | 0.94 | 1.01 (0.96–1.06) | 0.67 | 0.80 (0.66–0.97) | <0.05 |
| DO (ppm) | 0.96 (0.86–1.08) | 0.53 | 0.83 (0.41–1.68) | 0.60 | 1 (0.75–1.34) | 1 |