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. 2014 Oct 2;7:454. doi: 10.1186/s13071-014-0454-1

Table 3.

Comparison of treatments for mortality to drop below 80% and 50% for laboratory, simple hut, and experimental hut bioassays

Substrate Treatment comparison Difference in estimated time to 80% mortality Difference in estimated time to 50% mortality
Time (months) 95% CI P-value Time (months) 95% CI P-value
Laboratory Bioassays
Mud SC-PE 50 vs SC-PE 25 5.0 (4.0 to 6.2) <0.05 4.2 (3.0 to 5.6) <0.05
SC-PE 50 vs WG 5.3 (4.4 to 6.3) <0.05 4.9 (4.0 to 6.2) <0.05
SC-PE 50 vs DDT 8.2 (7.2 to 9.4) <0.05 7.4 (6.4 to 8.7) <0.05
SC-PE 25 vs WG 0.2 (-0.8 to 1.2) n/s 0.7 (-0.1 to 1.6) n/s
SC-PE 25 vs DDT 3.2 (2.1 to 4.3) <0.05 3.2 (2.3 to 4.3) <0.05
WG vs DDT 2.9 (2.0 to 3.9) <0.05 2.5 (1.7 to 3.2) <0.05
Concrete SC-PE 25 vs WG 0.6 (-1.5 to 2.5) n/s
SC-PE 25 vs DDT 5.4 (3.8 to 7.3) <0.05
WG vs DDT 4.8 (3.0 to 6.8) <0.05
Simple Hut Bioassays
Mud SC-PE 50 vs SC-PE 25 −1.4 (0.4 to -3.7) n/s
SC-PE 50 vs WG 2.0 (-0.5 to 4.5) n/s
SC-PE 25 vs WG 3.4 (1.6 to 5.9) <0.05
Concrete SC-PE 50 vs SC-PE 25 3.2 (1.8 to 4.7) <0.05 2.3 (0.5 to 4.0) <0.05
SC-PE 50 vs WG 12.6 (10.6 to 15.1) <0.05
SC-PE 25 vs WG 10.3 (8.3 to 13.0) <0.05
Experimental Hut Bioassays
Mud SC-PE 25 vs WG 7.5 (4.4 to 13.8) <0.05
SC-PE 25 vs DDT 4.7 (2.6 to 7.2) <0.05
WG vs DDT −2.8 (-9.9 to 0.5) n/s
Concrete SC-PE 25 vs WG 5.7 (1.9 to 11.6) <0.05
SC-PE 25 vs DDT 4.4 (1.3 to 9.5) <0.05
WG vs DDT −1.2 (-5.9 to 2.4) n/s

Notes : † indicates that statistical models produced estimates outside the study period.