Table 7.

Predictors of hepatosplenomegaly among residents of fishing villages of North-Western Tanzania infected with S. mansoni infection

Variable	COR	95% CI	P -values	AOR	95%CI	P -values
Sex
Female	1			1
Male	1.24	0.89 – 1.71	0.19	1.18	0.79 – 1.76	0.42
Age (in years)
21 – 30	0.81	0.45 – 1.46	0.48	0.65	0.34 – 1.22	0.18
31 – 40	0.81	0.44 – 1.48	0.49	0.59	0.31 – 1.13	0.11
41 – 50	0.91	0.44 – 1.88	0.79	0.66	0.30 – 1.45	0.30
51 - 60	1			1
Occupation
SSB*	1			1
Peasants	1.14	0.66 – 1.95	0.64	0.78	0.42 – 1.45	0.43
Fishing	1.51	0.80 – 2.83	0.20	1.12	0.53 – 2.35	0.77
Village of residence
Igombe	1			1
Sangabuye	1.98	1.15 – 3.43	0.014	2.21	1.15 – 4.25	0.017**
Kayenze	1.84	1.11 – 3.03	0.017	2.06	1.15 – 3.71	0.016**
Igalagala	2.36	1.33 – 4.17	0.003	2.62	1.15 – 5.93	0.021**
Malaria infection
No	1			1
Yes	1.31	0.78 – 2.16	0.29	1.34	0.78 – 2.28	0.29
HIV-1 serostatus
Negative	1			1	1
Positive	1.60	0.83 – 3.09	0.16	1.63	0.65 – 1.72	0.82
Intensity of Schistosoma mansoni infection (epg)
1-100 epg	1			1
101 – 399 epg	1.15	0.75 – 1.76	0.53	1.06	0.65 – 1.72	0.82
≥400 epg	1.59	1.09 – 2.32	0.015	1.54	1.01 – 2.39	0.047**

cOR = Crude Odd Ratio, aOR = Adjusted Odd Ratio.

**Significant P-values for factors associated with hepatosplenomegaly.