Table 3.

Sex differences in survival times and curves of An. gambiae, stratified by nutritional regime (log-rank test)

Nutritional regime	Males (N) Means ± SE (in days)	Females (N) Means ± SE (in days)	χ2*	P
Glucose (6%)	(148) 17.3 ± 0.6	(151) 17.2 ± 0.6	0.004	0.94
T. stans	(145) 14.2 ± 0.8	(154) 13.2 ± 0.6	0.89	0.34
S. didymobotrya	(131) 11.9 ± 0.5	(142) 11.4 ± 0.5	0.01	0.88
R. communis	(143) 10.9 ± 0.5	(142) 12.6 ± 0.6	3.07	0.07
H. patens	(136) 8.1 ± 0.4	(150) 7.4 ± 0.4	0.88	0.34
L. camara	(149) 7.6 ± 0.3	(145) 6.7 ± 0.3	2.93	0.08
P. hysterophorus	(138) 4.7 ± 0.3	(141) 4.7 ± 0.3	0.002	0.96
Water (-ve control)	(148) 3.8 ± 0.1	(149) 3.8 ± 0.1	0.01	0.90
None (2nd -ve control)	(144) 2.9 ± 0.07	(143) 3.1 ± 0.07	2.58	0.10

* Test statistic for log-rank analysis: survival distribution between male and female mosquitoes in each respective nutritional regime

N is number of mosquitoes tested

SE is standard error of mean.