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Table 2 Results of two-sample and multi-sample statistical comparisons of An. stephensi survival times.

From: Anopheles mortality is both age- and Plasmodium-density dependent: implications for malaria transmission

Experiment (Date)

Mosquito Group (Ookinete density per μl of blood)

Test Statistic

Statistical Results

1

  

100

400

2,000

 

(August 2007)

0

Hazard Ratio (HR)

1.1413

1.4261

2.2004

 
  

HR C.I.

(0.87, 1.50)

(1.17, 1.74)

(1.77, 2.74)

 
  

Mantel-Cox

0.9124

12.4278

52.6238

 
  

P-value

0.3395

0.0004*

<0.0001*

 
 

100

HR

 

1.4003

1.9702

 
  

HR C.I.

 

(1.09, 1.80)

(1.52, 2.55)

 
  

Mantel-Cox

 

6.9297

27.2606

 
  

P-value

 

0.0085*

<0.0001*

 
 

400

HR

  

1.4023

 
  

HR C.I.

  

(1.16, 1.70)

 
  

Mantel-Cox

  

12.2886

 
  

P-value

  

0.0005*

 
 

All 4 Groups

Log-rank

   

55.89

  

P-value

   

<0.0001*

2

  

100

400

2,000

 

(April 2008)

0

HR

0.7312

1.1786

1.7447

 
  

HR C.I.

(0.58, 0.92)

(0.97, 1.44)

(1.38, 2.20)

 
  

Mantel-Cox

7.0017

2.6747

22.3554

 
  

P-value

0.0081*

0.1020

<0.0001*

 
 

100

HR

 

1.6063

2.1607

 
  

HR C.I.

 

(1.27, 2.03)

(1.65, 2.82)

 
  

Mantel-Cox

 

15.7261

33.6528

 
  

P-value

 

<0.0001*

<0.0001*

 
 

400

HR

  

1.3186

 
  

HR C.I.

  

(1.05, 1.66)

 
  

Mantel-Cox

  

5.6392

 
  

P-value

  

0.0176*

 
 

All 4 Groups

Log-rank

   

31.20

  

P-value

   

<0.0001*

3

  

50

250

1,000

 

(July 2008)

0

HR

2.2198

2.1914

2.5451

 
  

HR C.I.

(1.77, 2.79)

(1.76, 2.73)

(2.06, 3.15)

 
  

Mantel-Cox

49.5610

51.1026

78.9376

 
  

P-value

<0.0001*

<0.0001*

<0.0001*

 
 

50

HR

 

1.0144

1.1677

 
  

HR C.I.

 

(0.86, 1.20)

(0.99, 1.37)

 
  

Mantel-Cox

 

0.0283

3.7481

 
  

P-value

 

0.8664

0.0529

 
 

250

HR

  

1.1543

 
  

HR C.I.

  

(0.99, 1.34)

 
  

Mantel-Cox

  

3.5264

 
  

P-value

  

0.0604

 
 

All 4 Groups

Log-rank

   

36.61

  

P-value

   

<0.0001*

  1. * Significant at 5% level
  2. C.I., 95% confidence interval.