The essential oil of Brazilian pepper, Schinus terebinthifolia Raddi in larval control of Stegomyia aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)

Table 3 Binary logistic regression of larval mortality of Stegomyia aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762), considering the influence of concentration of Brazilian pepper, Schinus terebinthifolia Raddi, essential oil and the incubation time.

Model	Coefficient	Standard Error	Z	p	Odds Ratio and limits (95%)
					Ratio	Inferior	Superior
Interaction of essential oil concentration and Incubation time
Constant	-2.889	0.334	-8.65	0.00**
Concentration	0.006	0.001	8.70	0.00**	1.01	1.00	1.01
Time	0.020	0.006	3.22	0.00**	1.02	1.01	1.03
Concentration × Time	0.000	0.000	-1.87	0.06^ns
G = 514.5; p < 0.01. df = 3; Hosmer χ² = 82.65. p < 0.01**
Essential oil concentration + incubation time
Constant	-2.392	0.193	-12.42	0.00**
Concentration	0.005	0.000	19.20	0.00**	1.00	1.00	1.01
Time	0.010	0.003	3.26	0.00**	1.01	1.00	1.02
G = 510.96. p < 0.01. df = 2; Hosmer χ² = 57.26; p < 0.01**
Essential oil concentration
Constant	-1.911	0.118	-16.20	0.00**
Concentration	0.005	0.000	19.20	0.00**	1.00	1.00	1.01
G = 500.25. p < 0.01. df = 1; Hosmer χ² = 87.03. p < 0.01**
Incubation time
Constante	-0.246	0.131	-1.88	0,06^ns
Time	0.007	0.003	2.77	0,01**	1.00	1.00	1.01
G = 7.72. p < 0.01. df = 1; Hosmer χ² = 0.004. p = 0.95^ns

Z: standard coefficient; p: significance level; **highly significant; df: degrees of freedom.

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