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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Jun 21.
Published in final edited form as: J Med Entomol. 2006 Mar;43(2):143–150. doi: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)043[0143:fiotih]2.0.co;2

Table 2.

Repeated measures logistic regression analyses of factors associated with flight initiation of field-collected T. infestans under

Series Independent variable Odds ratio ± SE P (z) 95% CI P (Wald)
B  Sex 0.33 ± 0.11 0.001 0.17-0.64
 W/L 0.91 ± 0.11 0.47 0.72-1.17
 Host 1.41 ± 0.44 0.27 0.77-2.58 0.007
C  Sex 0.85 ± 0.37 0.72 0.36-2.01
 W/L 0.48 ± 0.08 <0.001 0.35-0.65
 Age 1-2 wk 0.16 ± 0.14 0.32 0.03-0.86
 Age 4 wk 1.16 ± 0.64 0.79 0.39-3.45
 Age 5 wk 1.98 ± 1.04 0.20 0.70-5.55
 Sex × age 1-2 wk 13.2 ± 14.6 0.02 1.46-116
 Sex × age 4 wk 5.96 ± 4.40 0.02 1.40-25.4
 Sex × age 5 wk 0.99 ± 0.78 0.99 0.21-1.64
 Host 0.98 ± 0.18 0.93 0.69-1.41 <0.001
D (all bugs)  Sex 0.38 ± 0.11 0.001 0.22-0.67
 W/L 0.82 ± 0.12 0.17 0.62-1.09
 Partial meal 0.62 ± 0.23 0.20 0.30-1.28
 Host 1.29 ± 0.35 0.35 0.76-2.19 <0.001
D (W/L 6-9)  Sex 0.34 ± 0.11 0.001 0.18-0.55
 W/L 1.10 ± 0.26 0.69 0.59-1.75
 Partial meal 0.60 ± 0.24 0.19 0.28-1.29 0.012

P(z), significance of odds ratio; P(Wald), model significance; and W/L, weight-to-length ratio.