The effect of the radio-protective agents ethanol, trimethylglycine, and beer on survival of X-ray-sterilized male Aedes aegypti

Table 1 Statistical analysis

Treatments	Through week 1		Through week2		Average Hedges’s g
	Chi-Square	p value	Chi-Square	p value	Days 1-7	Days 1-14
Control vs. Ethanol	8.3	0.004	72.3	<0.001	-0.52	-1.38
Control vs. Lager	4.1	0.042	90.1	<0.001	0.12	-1.16
Control vs. Sucrose	24.8	<0.001	110	<0.001	-0.89	-2.11
Control vs. TMG	12.8	<0.001	70.9	<0.001	-1.35	-1.96
Sucrose vs. Ethanol	5.2	0.023	5.8	0.016	0.32	0.54
Sucrose vs. Lager	10.2	0.001	1.9	0.171	1.02	0.69
Sucrose vs. TMG	2	0.157	5.1	0.023	-0.57	0.11
Ethanol vs. Lager	0.9	0.354	1.3	0.254	-0.60	-0.14
Ethanol vs. TMG	0.6	0.436	0	0.974	0.87	0.45
Lager vs TMG	2.7	0.098	1.3	0.263	1.38	0.54

Pair-wise comparisons over all treatments for the survival analysis through week one and through week two are presented. Average hedges’ g for days 1 through 7 and 1 through 14 of the experiment are also presented with positive values representing increased survival as compared to the unirradiated control or sucrose irradiated treatments. The comparisons for the ethanol, lager, and TMG treatments are presented as being positive if the ethanol treatment group survives better (Ethanol vs. Lager, and Ethanol vs. TMG) or that the lager shows higher survival (Lager vs. TMG).

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