Table 3 The effect of smoke from blank coils on resting and blood feeding mosquitoes collected inside and around households

 No coil

12 (4)

129

1.72

1.43–2.06

1

–

–

 Blank coils

42 (14)

259

1.44

1.28–1.62

0.84

0.58–1.20

0.328

Blood-fed Anopheles arabiensis

 No coil

12 (4)

104

1.62

1.31–2.00

1

–

–

 Blank coils

42 (14)

125

1.30

1.14–1.48

0.53

0.33–0.84

0.007

Resting Anopheles funestus

 No coil

12 (4)

51

1.11

1.02–1.20

1

–

–

 Blank coils

42 (14)

164

1.25

1.16–1.36

1.10

0.71–1.73

0.665

Blood-fed Anopheles funestus

 No coil

12 (4)

37

1.10

1.00–1.22

1

–

–

 Blank coils

42 (14)

59

1.16

1.10–1.27

0.56

0.34–0.95

0.031

Resting Culex spp.

 No coil

12 (4)

1045

3.17

2.83–3.55

1

–

–

 Blank coils

42 (14)

3209

3.13

2.91–3.36

0.90

0.68–1.19

0.453

Blood-fed Culex spp.

 No coil

12 (4)

322

2.20

1.87–2.58

1

–

–

 Blank coils

42 (14)

134

1.35

1.20–1.53

0.16

0.10–0.24

< 0.0001