Comparison of two adult mosquito sampling methods with human landing catches in south-central Ethiopia

Malaria Journal

Table 4 Correlation and regression analysis of log-transformed indoor and outdoor light trap catch (LTC) with yeast-generated Co₂-baited light trap catches (CB-LTC) of Anopheles species in Edo Kontola, Ethiopia 2014

Species	Venue	Correlation coefficient			Regression slope
Species	Venue	n	r	p	b	95% CI	t	p
An. arabiensis	IN	39	0.311	0.054	0.287	−0.01 to 0.57	1.992	0.054
An. arabiensis	OUT	39	−0.073	0.659	0.059	−0.44 to 0.56	0.237	0.814
An. pharoensis	IN	39	0.177	0.281	0.524	0.23 to 0.81	3.711	0.001
An. pharoensis	OUT	39	−0.105	0.526	0.666	0.29 to 1.03	3.631	0.001
An. ziemanni	IN	39	0.643	<0.001	0.105	−0.09 to 0.31	1.056	0.298
An. ziemanni	OUT	39	0.852	<0.001	−0.046	−0.17 to 0.08	−0.727	0.472
An. funestus s.l.	IN	39	0.525	0.001	0.082	−0.16 to 0.32	0.679	0.501
An. funestus s.l.	OUT	39	0.507	0.001	0.179	−0.06 to 0.41	1.514	0.138

The correlation coefficients show the relationship between log(LTC + 1) and log(CB-LTC + 1). The regression slopes are from regressing relative sampling efficiencies (log(CB-LTC + 1)−log(LTC + 1)) on average abundance ([log(CB-LTC + 1) + log(LTC + 1)]/2)
n sample size, r Pearson’s correlation coefficient, b regression slope, CI confidence interval, t t-test value, p probability value

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