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. 2016 Jan 20;11(1):e0145653. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145653

Table 3. Estimated mean number of non-malaria mosquitoes and overall number of mosquitoes collected per night from the odour-baited mosquito landing boxes (MLBs) fitted with one, two or three electrocuting grids during the wet season or dry season testsϕ.

Culex species Mansonia species All mosquito species combined
Round 1 (Wet season) No. Grids on MLB Mean [95% CI] RR [95% CI] P value Mean [95% CI] RR [95% CI] P value Mean [95% CI] RR [95% CI] P value
One Grid 2.61 [1.79–3.81] REF REF 14.66 [10.87–19.75] REF REF 20.24 [14.72–27.84] REF REF
Two Grids 4.39 [2.68–4.88] 1.89 [1.03–2.64] 0.029 12.08 [10.85–13.45] 0.82 [0.74–0.92 <0.001 99.36 [82.35–119.89] 4.91 [4.07–5.92] <0.001
Three Grids 3.39 [2.56–4.15] 1.90 [0.98–2.59] 0.329 10.68 [9.50–12.01] 0.73 [0.65–0.82] <0.001 41.53 [34.37–50.19] 2.05 [1.69–2.48] <0.001
Culex species Mansonia species All mosquito species combined
Round 2 (Dry season) No. Grids on MLB Mean [95% CI] RR [95% CI] P value Mean [95% CI] RR [95% CI] P value Mean [95% CI] RR [95% CI] P value
One Grid 1.93 [1.24–2.99] REF REF 1.59 [1.01–2.51] REF REF 19.07 [13.77–26.41 REF REF
Two Grids 2.78 [2.24–3.44] 1.44 [1.16–1.79] <0.001 2.05 [1.65–2.54 1.29 [1.04–1.59] 0.02 30.02 [27.77–32.45] 1.57 [1.46–1.70 <0.001
Three Grids 3.70 [2.97–4.62] 1.92 [1.54–2.39] <0.001 4.16 [3.32–5.21] 2.61 [2.08–3.27] <0.001 33.05 [30.49–35.82] 1.73 [1.59–1.88] <0.001

ϕ The RR stands for relative rate while REF stands for a reference category.

All the estimations were generated using Generalized Linear Mixed Effects Models in R [55].