Periportal fibrosis, liver and spleen sizes among S. mansoni mono or co-infected individuals with human immunodeficiency virus-1 in fishing villages along Lake Victoria shores, North-Western, Tanzania

Table 2 Factors associated with Periportal fibrosis among resident of fishing villages of North-western Tanzania

Variable	cOR	95% CI	P -value	aOR	95% CI	P -value
Sex
Female	1			1
Male	1.79	1.21 – 2.68	0.004	2.27	1.41 – 3.65	0.001**
Age (in years)
21 – 30	1.35	0.71 – 2.53	0.36	2.45	1.09 – 5.47	0.028**
31 – 40	1.32	0.68 – 2.54	0.40	1.42	0.62 – 3.26	0.40
41- 50	1.16	0.53 – 2.55	0.71	1.34	0.56 – 3.28	0.51
51 - 55	1			1
Occupation
SSB*	1			1
Farming	0.74	0.41 – 1.34	0.33	------	------	-------
Fishing	1.26	0.64 – 2.45	0.50	------	------	-------
Village of residence
Igombe	1			1
Sangabuye	0.52	0.26 – 1.03	0.06	0.39	0.18 – 0.85	0.018
Kayenze	1.17	0.71 – 1.94	0.53	1.05	0.59 – 1.85	0.19
Igalagala	1.44	0.79 – 2.62	0.23	1.74	0.74 – 4.06	0.19
Residential years
≥ 2 - 5	1			1
6 – 10	1.18	0.57 – 2.44	0.64	1.09	0.49 – 2.45	0.81
11 – 20	2.02	1.05 – 3.87	0.035	3.52	1.38 – 8.93	0.01**
≥ 21	1.42	0.79 – 2.57	0.24	2.66	1.27 – 5.58	0.01**
Malaria infection
No	1			1
Yes	0.57	0.26 – 1.24	0.16	0.72	0.32 – 1.61	0.43
HIV-1 infection
No	1
Yes	0.90	0.39 – 2.08	0.81	-----	-----	-----
Intensity of *S. mansoni i* infection (epg)
1-100	1			1
101 – 399	0.91	0.55 – 1.49	0.72	0.84	0.47 – 1.46	0.53
≥400	1.38	0.89 – 2.13	0.14	1.11	0.66 – 1.86	0.68

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