Table 2 Baseline characteristics of study subjects at Zewditu Memorial Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Age(years),mean ± SD

33.9 ± 7.7

36.4 ± 9.5

0.001

Body weight (kg), mean ± SD

48.5 ± 7.3

50.7 ± 15.5

0.13

CD4+ (cells/μl), mean ± SD

84 ± 57.8

116 ± 69.4

<0.001

WBC(cells/μl),mean ± SD

4246 ± 1948

4814 ± 1729

<0.001

HAART regimens (%)

   Lamivudine/Stavudine/Efavirenz

31.7

34.4

0.50

   Lamivudine/Stavudine/Nevirapine

27.1

22.7

0.21

   Zidovudine/Lamivudine and Efavirenz

21.8

22.1

0.92

   Zidovudine/Lamivudine/Nevirapine

19.4

20.8

0.68

Marital status (%)

   Single

28.8

31.9

0.42

   Married

47.0

49.1

0.62

   Divorced

11.8

9.2

0.30

   Widowed

12.4

9.7

0.30

Gender (%)

   Male

49.4

43.9

0.18

   Female

50.6

56.1

Site of TB (%)

   PTB

29.4

33.7

0.27

   EPTB

52.4

5.8

<0.001

   DTB

4.7

3.9

0.63