Impact of physicochemical parameters of Aedes aegypti breeding habitats on mosquito productivity and the size of emerged adult mosquitoes in Ouagadougou City, Burkina Faso

Table 5 Generalised linear mixed model of Ae. aegypti mosquito body size showing predictors, beta estimates of effect size, test statistic (t-value) and associated probability for the minimal model

Predictors^a,b	Estimate	Standard error	Z-value	Pr( >\|t\|)
(Intercept)	29.91	2.85	10.5	< 0.001
Health district [Baskuy]
Bogodogo	1.55	1.22	1.27	0.204
Nongremassom	0.64	1.06	0.61	0.543
Month [August]
September	0.69	0.79	0.88	0.380
October	7.57	0.92	8.20	< 0.001
Ten days of rainfall	0.032	0.011	3.01	0.003
Container [BCP]
Drum	− 4.82	0.81	− 5.93	< 0.001
Tyre	− 5.41	0.82	− 6.61	< 0.001
Temperature	− 0.41	0.09	− 4.61	< 0.001
Container diameter (cm)	0.06	0.01	8.76	< 0.001
pH	− 0.77	0.18	− 4.41	< 0.001
Electrical conductivity	1.68	0.55	3.04	0.002
Location in sun	− 1.51	0.61	− 2.46	0.014
*Gender [Female]* Male	− 6.347	0.30	− 21.09	< 0.001
Health district[Baskuy] × month[August]
Bogodogo: October	− 11.31	1.26	− 8.94	< 0.001
Nongremassom: October	− 8.94	2.02	− 4.42	< 0.001
Bogodogo: September	− 1.99	1.07	− 1.86	0.064
Nongremassom: September	− 1.27	1.11	− 1.15	0.252
Health district [Baskuy] × Container [BCP]
Bogodogo: Drum	− 1.00	1.15	− 0.87	0.383
Nongremassom: Drum	3.29	1.13	2.92	0.004
Bogodogo: Tyre	2.06	1.06	1.95	0.051
Nongremassom: Tyre	1.33	1.02	1.31	0.192

Non-significant terms were: vegetation presence/absence, temperature, relative humidity, container height, container usefulness, container material, container size, water volume, container location, number of persons, health district × month, temperature × location
^aReference categories are shown in square brackets []
^bSignificant predictors are highlighted in bold text, and non-significant terms not included in the model are listed thereunder

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