Table 5.

Predictors of left liver lobe size among residents of fishing villages of North-Western Tanzania infected with S. mansoni

Variable	â	SE	95% CI	P -values
Sex	−0.1735	0.1390	−0.446 – 0.0994	0.21
Age	0.0100	0.0048	0.00058 – 0.0195	0.038**
Occupation
SSB*	1
Peasants	0.1357	0.2147	−0.29 – 0.55	0.53
Fishing	0.1474	0.2649	−0.37 – 0.67	0.58
Villages of residence
Igombe	1
Sangabuye	0.2185	0.2025	−0.17 – 0.62	0.28
Kayenze	0.1104	0.1762	−0.24 – 0.46	0.53
Igalagala	0.3354	0.2873	−0.23 – 0.89	0.24
Malaria infection
No	1
Yes	0.4142	0.1989	0.023 – 0.80	0.038**
HIV-1 serostatus
Negative	1
Positive	0.5258	0.2889	−0.04 – 1.093	0.069
Schistosoma mansoni intensity (log epg)
S. mansoni intensities	0.1076	0.0416	0.026 – 0.189	0.01**

*SME – small scale business ** significant factors associated with left liver lobe hepatomegaly.

R² = 0.0264, Adjusted R² = 0.0140 F = 2.14 and P< 0.02.

Linear regression model was constructed for height adjusted ultrasound measurements of the left liver lobe(organ size as continuous variable- i.e. deviations from mean).