Table 3. Associations of Schistosoma diagnostics with visual-FGS.
| Participant
Characteristics |
Visual FGS
not detected |
Visual FGS
detected |
Crude OR | P-
value * |
Adjusted OR ** | P-
value † |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Schistosoma diagnostics
(Reviewer 1) |
n=303 | n=165 | |||||
| Eggs on urine microscopy | Not detected | 287 (94.7) | 151 (91.5) | reference | 0.3 | reference | 0.2 |
| Detected | 16 (5.3) | 14 (8.5) | 1.66 (0.73 – 3.74) | 1.68 (0.74 – 3.81) | |||
| Circulating anodic antigen ~ | Not detected | 261 (86.1) | 131 (80.4) | reference | 0.1 | reference | 0.1 |
| Detected | 42 (13.9) | 32 (19.6) | 1.52 (0.92 – 2.52) | 1.49 (0.91 – 2.51) | |||
| Any positive genital PCR | DNA not
detected |
288 (95.1) | 155 (93.9) | reference | 0.8 | reference | 0.7 |
| DNA detected | 15 (4.9) | 10 (6.0) | 1.24 (0.54 – 2.82) | 1.27 (0.55 – 2.94) | |||
|
Schistosoma Diagnostics
(Reviewer 2) |
n=152 | n=265 | |||||
| Eggs on urine microscopy †† | Not detected | 147 (96.7) | 243 (91.7) | reference | 0.06 | reference | 0.07 |
| Detected | 5 (3.3) | 22 (8.3) | 2.65 (0.95 – 9.17) | 2.65 (0.95 – 9.19) | |||
| Circulating anodic antigen ~ | Not detected | 131 (86.7) | 215 (81.4) | reference | 0.2 | reference | 0.2 |
| Detected | 20 (13.3) | 49 (18.6) | 1.49 (0.85 – 2.62) | 1.49 (0.85 – 2.63) | |||
| Any positive genital PCR | DNA not
detected |
146 (96.1) | 248 (93.6) | reference | 0.3 | reference | 0.3 |
| DNA detected | 6 (3.9) | 17 (6.4) | 1.69 (0.64 – 4.33) | 1.67 (0.64 – 4.36) |
*Chi squared p-value unless otherwise noted
**Adjusted for age
†Likelihood ratio test p-value
Missing values not included in the table: ~ (n=2)
††Odds Ratios and p-values obtained through exact logistic regression in both crude and adjusted analyses