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. 2021 Apr 8;16(4):e0246215. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246215

Table 4. Incidence Rate Ratio (IRR), 95% Confidence Interval and p values for Anophelinae species identify-group, for three-month survey multivariate two level negative binomial regression.

Independent Variable Multivariate Two-level Negative Binomial
Anophelinae species (L1) Anophelinae species (L2, L3, L4) Ny. darlingi (L2, L3, L4)
IRR (95% C.I.) p IRR (95% C.I.) p IRR (95% C.I.) p
Turbidity (discrete value) .99 (.98–1.00) 0.087 .99 (.98–1.01) 0.216 1.01(1.001.01) 0.045
Shading (continual value) .95(.92.98) 0.003 .97(.94.99) 0.041 .95(.92.99) 0.020
Physical-Chemistry (categorical values) pH >6 1 1 1
6.4 .18 (.03–1.06) 0.059 .08(.025.24) 0.000 .28 (.06–1.37) 0.118
6.6 .71 (.06–8.19) 0.782 .68 (.04–10.58) 0.781 .84 (.12–5.62) 0.856
6.8 6.95 (.35–136.97) 0.202 4.73 (.49–45.68) 0.179 .53 (.04–7.78) 0.645
7 .34 (.02–6.38) 0.473 .27 (.03–2.73) 0.268 * 0.000
7.2 * 0.000 * 0.000 * 0.000
7.6 * 0.000 * 0.000 * 0.000
nitrates (mg/L) 0 1 1 1
10 1.13 (.43–2.93) 0.804 1.12 (.46–2.72) 0.796 .74 (.27–2.07) 0.574
25 .79 (.06–9.86) 0.861 .91 (.15–5.43) 0.915 .74 (.08–7.16) 0.794
40 .68 (.18–2.62) 0.577 .30 (.09–1.04) 0.057 * 0.000
carbonated hardness (KH) 0 1 1 1
1.5 1.39 (.75–2.58) 0.287 1.38 (.78–2.44) 0.272 .85 (.57–1.26) 0.423
3 .33(.14.75) 0.008 .39 (.18–1.21) 0.103 .24 (.09-.63) 0.003
4.5 .01(.01.52) 0.020 * 0.000 .13 (.01–1.88) 0.135
6 .03(.02.38) 0.006 * 0.000 .37 (.08–1.71) 0.203
8 .15(.05.46) 0.001 .25(.07.86) 0.027 3.87 (.99–15.17) 0.052
15 .04(.02.51) 0.013 * 0.000 .34 (.03–4.23) 0.401
dissolved chlorine (mg/L) 0 1 1
0.8 1.67 (.63–4.37) 0.299 1.34 (.64–2.78) 0.435
1.5 4.23(1.5811.36) 0.004 3.41(1.517.68) 0.003

Statistically significant values at the 0.05 level are highlighted.

*IRR value omitted due low decimal number (10−10).