Table 6

The influence of trapping method and experiment upon the proportion of sampled An. gambiae s.l. which were fully or part blood fed, determined by logistic regression as described in the methods section

Variable

Proportion fed (%)

OR [95%C.I]

P

Trap type

Furvela

1.53 (20/1306)

0.24 [0.15, 0.39]

< 0.001

Ifakara A

10.90(47/429)

1.56 [1.17, 2.10]

< 0.002

Ifakara B

6.51 (166/2548)

1.00 [0.80, 1.23]

0.998

Light trap

1.83 (142/7744)

0.32 [0.25, 0.40]

< 0.001

Human landing catch

8.10 (363/4479)

1.00^a

NA

Experiment

Experiment 1

3.10 (204/6624)

0.56 [0.43, 0.72]

< 0.001

Experiment 2

3.74 (319/8525)

0.48 [0.39, 0.58]

< 0.001

Experiment 3

1.00^a

NA

Govella et al. Malaria Journal 2009 8:157   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-8-157