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Table 1 The overall effect of smoking medicinal plants on indoor density of host-seeking Anopheles mosquitoes

From: An evaluation of repellency and feeding inhibition of ethno-medicinal plants against major malaria vectors in southern Ethiopia

Tests

Number collected

Mean (95% Wald CI)

Mean ratio (95% CI)

% Reduction

P-value

Non-charcoal smoking

236

6.6 (5.4–8.2)

Charcoal smoking

213

5.9 (4.9–7.4)

1

J. procera

66

1.8 (1.4–2.4)

0.3 (0.12–0.65)

70

< 0.001

E. globulus

57

1.6 (1.2–2.2)

0.27 (0.04–0.65)

73

< 0.001

O. europaea

42

1.2 (0.8–1.7)

0.2 (0.04–0.65)

80

< 0.001