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Table 1 Characteristics of the Patients at ART initiation, South West Ethiopia, 2012

From: Outcomes of highly active antiretroviral therapy and its predictors: a cohort study focusing on tuberculosis co-infection in South West Ethiopia

Variables

Category

TB status

p value

No (N = 520)

Yes (N = 130)

Age in year, mean ± std. error of mean

33.6 ± 0.4

33.4 ± 0.8

0.850

Gender

Male, N (%)

165 (31.7)

56 (43.1)

0.017

Female, N (%)

355 (68.3)

74 (56.9)

 

Residence

Rural, N (%)

125 (24)

35 (26.9)

0.569

Urban, N (%)

395 (76)

95 (73.1)

 

Marital status

Never married N (%)

102 (19.6)

26 (20.0)

0.160

Ever married, N (%)

418 (80.4)

104 (80.0)

 

Educational level

Illiterate, N (%)

102 (19.6)

37 (28.5)

0.168

Primary, N (%)

183 (35.2)

39 (30)

 

Secondary, N (%)

175 (33.7)

39 (30)

 

Tertiary, N (%)

60 (11.5)

15 (11.5)

 

Employment status

Unemployed, N (%)

350 (67.3)

91 (70.0)

0.257

Employed, N (%)

170 (33.7)

39 (30.0)

 

Drug addiction behavior

No, N (%)

246 (47.3)

57 (43.8)

0.479

Yes, N (%)

274 (52.7)

73 (56.2)

 

Weight in kg, mean ± std. error of mean

52.0 ± 0.4

49.1 ± 0.8

0.003

CD4 in cells/mm3, mean ± std. error of mean

153.8 ± 3.8

128.7 ± 9.7

0.006

BMI in kg/m2, mean ± std. error of mean

19.4 ± 0.1

18.2 ± 0.3

<0.001

Hgb mg/dl, mean ± std. error of mean

12.3 ± 0.1

11.03 ± 0.2

<0.001

WHO clinical stage

Stage I/II, N (%)

334 (64.2)

0 (0)

<0.001

Stage III, N (%)

157 (30.2)

85 (65.4)

 

Stage IV, N (%)

29 (5.6)

45 (34.6)

 

ART regimen

Non TDF based, N (%)

325 (63.3)

76 (59.2)

<0.001

TDF-based, N (%)

196 (37.7)

53 (40.8)

 

Functional status

Working, N (%)

378 (72.7)

51 (38.7)

<0.001

Ambulatory, N (%)

127 (24.4)

66 (50.8)

 

Bed ridden, N (%)

15 (2.9)

13 (10)