Intestinal schistosomiasis of Ijinga Island, north-western Tanzania: prevalence, intensity of infection, hepatosplenic morbidities and their associated factors

Table 7 Predictors of height adjusted left liver lobe size among residents of Ijinga Island infected with S. mansoni

Variables	β-coefficient	SE	95%CI	P-value
Sex
Female	1
Male	0.24	0.1080857	0.03–0.45	0.03
Age groups (in years)
1–5	0.8876	0.2503498	0.39–1.38	0.001
6–15	0.3797	0.18022	0.03–0.733	0.035
16–25	−0.1455	0.2199547	−0.58-0.28	0.51
26–35	1
36–45	0.5855402	0.2361574	0.12–1.05	0.013
≥ 46	0.305517	0.2153395	−0.12-0.72	0.16
Schistosoma mansoni intensity (epg)
S.mansoni intensities	0.004317	0.0002037	0.00003–0.008316	0.034

R² = 0.0313 (adjusted R-square), F = 5.20, P < 0.0001
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)

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