Table 1 Baseline socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of adults HIV positive patients on ART at Metema Hospital from January 2013 to December 2018
Baseline variable | Survival status | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Censored | Dead | Total | ||||
| Â | N | % | N | % | N | % |
Sex | ||||||
 Male | 204 | 44.5 | 53 | 63.1 | 257 | 47.4 |
 Female | 254 | 55.5 | 31 | 36.9 | 285 | 52.6 |
Age (years) | ||||||
 15–24 | 60 | 13.1 | 7 | 8.3 | 67 | 12.4 |
 25–34 | 211 | 46.1 | 28 | 33.3 | 239 | 44.1 |
 35–44 | 118 | 25.8 | 24 | 28.6 | 142 | 26.2 |
 ≥ 45 | 69 | 15.0 | 25 | 29.8 | 94 | 17.3 |
Education | ||||||
 Not educated | 267 | 58.3 | 60 | 71.4 | 327 | 60.3 |
 Primary | 118 | 25.8 | 15 | 17.9 | 133 | 24.5 |
 Secondary & above | 73 | 15.9 | 9 | 10.7 | 82 | 15.2 |
Marital status | ||||||
 Single | 102 | 22.3 | 22 | 26.2 | 124 | 22.5 |
 Married | 190 | 41.5 | 28 | 33.3 | 218 | 40.3 |
 Divorced | 117 | 25.6 | 24 | 28.6 | 141 | 26.1 |
 Widowed | 19 | 4.1 | 2 | 2.4 | 21 | 4.0 |
 Separated | 30 | 6.5 | 8 | 9.5 | 38 | 7.1 |
Substance use | ||||||
 Yes | 38 | 9.8 | 39 | 46.4 | 77 | 16.4 |
 No | 348 | 90.2 | 45 | 53.6 | 393 | 83.6 |
Occupation | ||||||
 Daily laborer | 170 | 37.1 | 45 | 53.6 | 215 | 39.7 |
 Farmer | 111 | 24.2 | 20 | 23.8 | 131 | 24.2 |
 Housewife | 95 | 20.7 | 15 | 17.9 | 110 | 20.3 |
 Merchant | 61 | 13.3 | 2 | 2.4 | 63 | 11.6 |
 Others | 21 | 4.7 | 2 | 2.3 | 23 | 4.2 |
Hemoglobin level (g/dl) | ||||||
 ≤ 10 | 74 | 16.2 | 49 | 58.3 | 123 | 22.7 |
 > 10 | 384 | 83.8 | 35 | 41.7 | 419 | 77.3 |
Viral load (copy/ml) | ||||||
 ≤ 1000 | 395 | 88.6 | 22 | 37.9 | 417 | 82.7 |
 > 1000 | 51 | 11.4 | 36 | 62.1 | 87 | 17.3 |
CD4 (cells/m3) | ||||||
 ≤ 200 | 116 | 25.3 | 63 | 75.0 | 179 | 33.0 |
 201–350 | 109 | 23.8 | 7 | 8.3 | 116 | 21.4 |
 ≥ 351 | 233 | 50.9 | 14 | 16.7 | 247 | 45.6 |
TB-co-infection | ||||||
 Yes | 206 | 45.0 | 68 | 81.0 | 274 | 50.5 |
 No | 252 | 55.0 | 16 | 19.0 | 268 | 49.5 |
BMI (kg/m2) | ||||||
 ≥ 18.5 | 284 | 62.0 | 36 | 42.9 | 320 | 59.0 |
 15.5–18.4 | 119 | 26.0 | 28 | 33.3 | 147 | 27.2 |
 ≤ 15.4 | 55 | 12.0 | 20 | 23.8 | 75 | 13.8 |
WHO stage | ||||||
 Stage I | 234 | 51.1 | 13 | 15.4 | 247 | 45.6 |
 Stage II | 51 | 11.1 | 14 | 16.7 | 65 | 12.0 |
 Stage III | 94 | 20.5 | 21 | 25.0 | 115 | 21.2 |
 Stage IV | 79 | 17.3 | 36 | 42.9 | 115 | 21.2 |
Functional status | ||||||
 Working | 374 | 81.7 | 39 | 46.4 | 413 | 76.2 |
 Ambulatory | 40 | 8.7 | 18 | 21.4 | 58 | 10.7 |
 Bedridden | 44 | 9.6 | 27 | 32.2 | 71 | 13.1 |
Adherence | ||||||
 Good | 340 | 74.2 | 67 | 79.8 | 407 | 75.0 |
 Fair | 64 | 14.0 | 3 | 3.5 | 67 | 12.4 |
 Poor | 54 | 11.8 | 14 | 16.7 | 68 | 12.6 |
HIV disclosure | ||||||
 Yes | 239 | 52.2 | 39 | 46.4 | 278 | 51.3 |
 No | 219 | 47.8 | 45 | 53.6 | 264 | 48.7 |
Other OIs | ||||||
 Yes | 40 | 8.7 | 27 | 32.1 | 67 | 12.4 |
 No | 418 | 91.3 | 57 | 67.9 | 475 | 87.6 |