Table 2.
Associations at baseline visit of morbidities and findings with S. mansoni infection status by stool and serum testing, and IPB
| Finding | Schistosomiasis (Egg+ or Ab+) | IPB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unadjusted | Adjusted* | Unadjusted | Adjusted* | |||||
| PR or coefficient (95% CI) | N | PR or coefficient (95% CI) | N | PR or coefficient (95% CI) | N | PR or coefficient (95% CI) | N | |
| Anemia | 1.1 (0.9, 1.3) | 193 | 1.1 (0.9, 1.4) | 186 | 0.9 (0.7, 1.2) | 195 | 0.9 (0.6, 1.2) | 188 |
| Undernutrition | 0.8 (0.4, 1.5) | 171 | 0.8 (0.4, 1.4) | 167 | 1.6 (1.0, 2.7) | 181 | 1.8 (1.1, 2.9) | 176 |
| Left lobe hepatomegaly | 1.5 (1.0, 2.2) | 179 | 1.4 (1.0, 2.1) | 172 | 0.6 (0.3, 1.4) | 181 | 0.7 (0.3, 1.5) | 174 |
| Splenomegaly | 2.4 (1.4, 4.2) | 182 | 2.1 (1.2, 3.7) | 174 | 1.5 (0.9, 2.6) | 184 | 1.7 (0.9, 3.0) | 176 |
| AST (units/L)† | −5.1 (−10.8, 0.5) | 177 | −5.4 (−10.3, −0.6) | 171 | 1.5 (−6.6, 9.7) | 179 | 2.2 (−5.7, 10.2) | 173 |
| ALT (units/L)† | 0.2 (−3.7, 4.1) | 177 | −1.0 (−4.3, 2.3) | 171 | 0.1 (−4.5, 4.7) | 179 | 0.9 (−2.9, 4.8) | 173 |
| Log bilirubin (μmol/L)‡ | −0.2 (−0.3, −0.1) | 177 | −0.2 (−0.3, −0.1) | 171 | −0.8 (−1.8, 0.9) | 179 | −1.3 (−1.8, 1.0) | 173 |
ALT = alanine aminotransferase; AST = aspartine aminotransferase; CI = confidence interval; PR = prevalence ratio. Bolded values are statistically significant at P < 0.05.
*
Adjusted for sex and age.
†
Increase (units/L) with presence of predictor.
‡
Ratio to value in uninfected.