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Table 3 The proportions of sibling malaria vectors in mosquito breeding sites 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

Mean proportion (95% CI) (P-value, Mann–Whitney U test)

An. coluzzii

P value

An. gambiae ss

P value

An. arabiensis

P value

Culicine abundance

High

22.41 (1.53, 43.28)

0.116

4.86 (0.00, 13.09)

0.519

NA

 
 

Low

40.95 (26.14, 55.77)

3.14 (0.00, 6.52)

6.34 (0.00, 15.28)

Household

Close

41.84 (27.65, 56.04)

0.1357

3.48 (0.20, 6.76)

0.227

0.05 (0.00, 0.17)

0.151

Far

17.49 (0.00, 39.12)

4.33 (0.00, 13.75)

13.54 (0.00, 33.50)

Area

Residential

38.42 (24.99, 51.85)

0.3473

4.87 (0.44, 9.30)

 

0.05 (0.00, 0.15)

0.064

Industrial

21.49 (0.00, 50.28)

NA

 

17.60 (0.00, 44.13)

Location

Urban

35.14 (21.27, 49.00)

0.9772

1.84 (0.10, 3.57)

0.216

5.68 (0.00, 13.74)

0.902

Periurban

32.80 (5.88, 59.71)

8.65 (0.00, 20.91)

0.14 (0.00, 0.44)

Altitude

Lowland

39.32 (25.11, 53.53)

0.1293

5.11 (0.10, 10.12)

0.135

6.12 (0.00, 14.75)

 

Highland

24.46 (0.97, 47.95)

0.89 (0.00, 2.82)

NA

 

Habitat

Natural

64.76 (45.24, 84.27)

0.001

6.00 (0.00, 13.96)

0.062

0.14 (0.00, 044)

0.902

Man-made

22.76 (9.88, 35.65)

2.86 (0.00, 6.74)

5.68 (0.00, 13.74)

Turbidity

Non-turbid

38.31 (21.88, 54.74)

0.5079

5.93 (0.13, 11.73)

0.041

0.07 (0.00, 0.20)

0.358

Turbid

29.16 (10.57, 47.76)

0.69 (0.00, 2.16)

9.78 (0.00, 23.92)

Debris

No

46.96 (31.58, 62.35)

0.012

6.05 (0.45, 11.65)

0.049

0.06 (0.00, 0.19)

0.311

Yes

15.40 (0.00, 31.73)

0.20 (0.00, 0.61)

10.35 (0.00, 25.37)

Vegetation

Yes

47.37 (24.19, 70.55)

0.104

1.85 (0.00, 4.36)

0.844

5.90 (0.00, 18.55)

1.000

No

27.58 (13.76, 41.40)

4.75 (0.00, 9.92)

3.18 (0.00, 9.59)

Depth

Shallow

35.10 (21.80, 48.41)

0.869

3.76 (0.00, 7.86)

0.709

2.57 (0.00, 7.71)

0.525

Deep

31.77 (0.00, 65.79)

3.65 (0.00, 9.37)

10.94 (0.00, 36.80)

pH

High

50.01 (29.77, 70.25)

0.071

2.10 (0.00, 4.78)

0.572

6.32 (0.00, 19.97)

0.953

Low

26.99 (12.31, 41.66)

4.53 (0.00, 9.53)

3.07 (0.00, 9.25)

Salinity

High

40.98 (16.56, 65.40)

0.494

1.66 (0.00, 4.45)

0.956

6.80 (0.00, 21.63)

0.881

Low

31.67 (17.41, 45.92)

4.64 (0.00, 9.46)

2.97 (0.00, 8.93)

Temperature

High

46.52 (25.30, 67.75)

0.053

5.71 (0.00, 13.84)

0.191

11.73 (0.00, 28.87)

0.226

Low

28.03 (13.34, 42.72)

2.68 (0.00, 6.07)

0.06 (0.00, 0.18)

Exposure to sunlight

Partial

32.28 (9.28, 55.28)

0.848

9.50 (0.00, 19.83)

0.013

0.12 (0.00, 0.37)

1.000

Complete

35.55 (20.83, 50.27)

0.96 (0.00, 2.23)

6.07 (0.00, 14.70)

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