Table 3.

Logistic regression models for (A) progressive disease and (B) controlled disease.

Variable	(A) Progressive Disease			(B) Controlled Disease
	OR	CI 95%	p =	OR	CI 95%	p =
Age	0.992	0.964–1.021	0.581	1.003	0.973–1.034	0.831
Gender	0.670	0.245–1.824	0.433	0.543	0.180–1.633	0.277
P—Localisation of parasite	1.886	0.824–4.313	0.133	0.668	0.335–1.330	0.251
N—Involvement of neighbouring organs	3.696	1.173–11.653	0.026	0.616	0.113–3.347	0.575
Staging (I–IV) *	2.860	1.384–5.911	0.005	0.670	0.389–1.154	0.149
Largest diameter of lesion	1.017	1.004–1.029	0.007	0.972	0.949–0.996	0.022
Morphology of lesion	0.979	0.848–1.132	0.778	1.029	0.933–1.134	0.571
IgE levels at first presentation	1.000	1.000–1.000	0.822	1.000	0.998–1.001	0.594
Echinococcus IgG EIA	1.007	0.998–1.015	0.131	0.997	0.979–1.014	0.704
Echinococcus Em2+ ELISA	1.611	0.174–14.925	0.675	0.245	0.072–0.835	0.024
γGT at first presentation	1.000	0.998–1.002	0.733	0.998	0.992–1.004	0.587

OR = odds ratio, CI 95% = 95% confidence interval, p = significance level with significant results printed bold. * If staging was included in the model, ‘P’ and ‘N’ were excluded. Size remained significant with p = 0.008.