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Table 2 The odds ratio of various predictor variables for the sibling species An. coluzzii, An. gambiae ss, and An. arabiensis collected in urban and periurban areas in southern Nigeria (September to November 2022)

From: Sibling species of the major malaria vector Anopheles gambiae display divergent preferences for aquatic breeding sites in southern Nigeria

Predictor variables

Odds ratio (95% CI) (P-value, binomial GLM)

An. coluzzii

P value

An. gambiae ss

P value

An. arabiensis

P value

Culicine presence

Yes

NA

NA

0.14 (0.04, 0.36)

0.029

NA

NA

 

No

5.83 (1.22, 30.75)

Household

Far

0.63 (0.19, 1.87)

0.2

0.08 (0.00, 0.42)

0.19

0.18 (0.03, 0.68)

0.19

Close

2.40 (0.64, 9.68)

4.36 (0.68, 85.97)

0.19 (0.01, 2.17)

Area

Industrial

0.67 (0.17, 2.33)

0.33

NA

NA

0.25 (0.04, 1.00)

0.11

Residential

2.04 (0.49, 9.29)

0.13 (0.01, 1.46)

Location

Periurban

1.00 (0.31, 3.20)

0.78

0.50 (0.13, 1.59)

0.22

0.09 (0.00, 0.47)

0.83

Urban

1.21 (0.31, 4.72)

0.38 (0.08, 1.87)

0.76 (0.07, 17.29)

Altitude

Highland

0.40 (0.11, 1.20)

0.028

0.08 (0.00, 0.39)

0.15

NA

NA

Lowland

4.75 (1.25, 21.13)

4.95 (0.78, 97.40)

Habitat

Man-made

0.63 (0.30, 1.29)

0.0099

0.15 (0.04, 0.38)

0.047

0.07 (0.01, 0.23)

0.83

Natural

17.42 (2.85, 339.61)

4.82 (1.03, 24.60)

1.32 (0.06, 15.16)

Turbidity

Yes

1.00 (0.39, 2.56)

0.7

0.06 (0.00, 0.29)

0.062

0.13 (0.02, 0.44)

0.39

No

1.27 (0.38, 4.36)

8.00 (1.27, 156.90)

0.33 (0.01, 3.76)

Debris

Yes

0.42 (0.13, 1.12)

0.013

0.06 (0.00, 0.31)

0.078

0.13 (0.02, 0.47)

0.34

No

5.40 (1.49, 22.22)

7.11 (1.12, 139.48)

0.30 (0.01, 3.39)

Vegetation

No

0.87 (0.41, 1.82)

0.21

0.27 (0.10, 0.63)

0.91

0.08 (0.01, 0.26)

0.95

Yes

2.31 (0.64, 9.09)

0.92 (0.17, 4.17)

0.93 (0.04, 10.54)

Depth

Deep

1.00 (0.24, 4.23)

0.83

0.33 (0.05, 1.45)

0.75

0.14 (0.01, 0.80)

0.51

Shallow

1.19 (0.24, 5.77)

0.75 (0.14, 5.86)

0.42 (0.04, 9.87)

pH

Low

0.71 (0.33, 1.47)

0.029

0.21 (0.07, 0.50)

0.4

0.07 (0.01, 0.25)

0.98

High

5.19 (1.30, 26.80)

1.92 (0.40, 8.82)

1.04 (0.05, 11.83)

Salinity

Low

1.00 (0.49, 2.06)

0.49

0.25 (0.09, 0.57)

0.82

0.07 (0.01, 0.24)

0.9

High

1.60 (0.43, 6.38)

1.20 (0.22, 5.57)

1.17 (0.05, 13.35)

Temperature

Low

0.65 (0.29, 1.37)

0.016

0.17 (0.05, 0.43)

0.15

0.04 (0.00, 0.17)

0.26

High

6.18 (1.55, 31.95)

3.00 (0.66, 14.50)

4.15 (0.37, 94.32)

Exposure to sunlight

Complete

1.23 (0.59, 2.60)

0.75

0.12 (0.03, 0.33)

0.022

0.07 (0.01, 0.25)

0.98

Partial

0.81 (0.22, 2.95)

6.50 (1.40, 36.90)

1.04 (0.05, 11.83)

  1. NA Not Available due to small sample size. P values <0.05 are shown in bold.