Eligible for treatment

Crude OR

p value

Adjusted OR

p-value

Yes

No

Male sex

55 (85.9)

197 (71.4)

2.4 (1.1 - 5.2)

0.02

3.0 (1.3 - 7.2)

0.01

Advanced age (>40 years)

44 (68.7)

124 (44.9)

2.7 (1.5 - 4.8)

0.001

2.3 (1.2 - 4.4)

0.009

Residing out of Mwanza city

54 (84.4)

204 (73.9)

1.9 (0.9 - 3.9)

0.08

3.2 (1.3 - 7.3)

0.008

Diabetes

1 (1.6)

7 (2.5)

0.6 (0.07 - 5.0)

0.65

α

Hypertension

1 (1.6)

2 (0.7)

2.2 (0.2 - 7.3)

0.52

α

HCV

1 (1.6)

3 (1.1)

1.5 (0.1 - 6.4)

0.73

α

High WBC

15 (23.4)

68 (24.6)

0.93 (0.5 - 1.8)

0.84

α

High alpha-fetoproteins

40 (62.5)

151 (54.7)

1.4 (0.8 - 2.4)

0.26

α

Anemia

28 (43.7)

28 (10.1)

6.9 (3.7 - 12.9)

<0.001

8.4 (4.2 - 16.9)

<0.001