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Table 1 Predictor variables

From: Multilevel model on longitudinal data analysis in determinants of CD4 cell count among antiretroviral therapy attendant of HIV infected adults follow up in Gondar Teaching Referral Hospital, Gonder, Ethiopia

Gender

0 = Female, 1 = male

Age in years

Continuous

Marital status

1 = single, 2 = married, 3 = divorced, 4 = widowed

Weight

Continuous

Adherence status

1 = good, 2 = fair, 3 = poor

WHO Clinic Stage

1 = Stage I, 2 = Stage II, 3 = Stage III, 4 = Stage IV

Functional status

1 = working, 2 = ambulatory, 3 = bedridden

Hemoglobin level

Continuous variable

TB screening

1 = positive, 2 = negative

Duration of ART

Count

Baseline CD4

Count