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. 2017 Nov 22;2:112. [Version 1] doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.13006.1

Table 4. Number of host-seeking mosquitoes caught indoors in local households with push-pull and control households.

Variables Descriptions N n mosq % Protection Median IQR IRR 95% CI
around IRR
P value
An. gambiae complex
Diversion effect Control indoors 32 164 1 4 (2.75 – 6) 1 -
Push-pull indoors 32 83 0.49 2 (0.75 – 3.25) 0.52 (0.35 – 0.76) 0.006
Control outdoors 32 544 1 16 (10 – 23) 3.25 (2.33 – 4.53) < 0.001
Push-pull outdoors 32 404 0.26 9 (6 – 17) 2.42 (1.72 – 3.40) < 0.001
An. funestus group
Diversion effect Control indoors 32 13 1 0 (0 – 1) 1 -
Push-pull indoors 32 25 -0.48 0 (0 – 0) 2.07 (1.00 – 3.86) 0.02
Control outdoors 32 9 1 0 (0 – 1) 0.46 (0.18 – 1.21) > 0.05
Push-pull outdoors 32 9 0 0.5 (0 – 1.25) 0.71 (0.30 – 1.66) > 0.05
Mansonia species
Control indoors 32 5 1 0 (0 – 0) 1 -
Push-pull indoors 32 21 -3.2 0 (0 – 0) 4.01 (0.82 – 20.0) 0.458
Control outdoors 32 10 1 0 (0 – 0) 1.98 (0.39 – 9.99) > 0.05
Push-pull outdoors 32 11 -0.1 0 (0 – 0.25) 2.16 (0.44 – 10.85) > 0.05
Culex species
Diversion effect Control indoors 32 920 1 21 (6.75 – 41.25) 1 -
Push-pull indoors 32 900 0.02 17 (12 – 44.5) 1.10 (0.79 – 1.53) 0.134
Control outdoors 32 429 1 12.5 (5 – 21.25) 0.54 (0.40 – 0.79) < 0.05
Push-pull outdoors 32 330 0.23 9.5 (4 – 12.25) 0.45 (0.32 – 0.65) < 0.001

**Mosquito diversion effect = Number of mosquito caught indoor and outdoor in control vs. treatment households