Predictors of mortality rate among adult HIV-positive patients on antiretroviral therapy in Metema Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: a retrospective follow-up study

Table 2 Survival experience comparison with time and Log-Rank value among HIV/AIDS patients on ART at Metema Hospital, Jan 1, 2013 to Dec 30, 2018

Variables	Meantime(by month)	95% CI		Log-Rank p-value
Variables	Meantime(by month)	Lower	Upper	Log-Rank p-value
Sex
Male	26	24	29	0.0013
Female	30	27	32	0.0013
Age (years)
15–24	25	21	29	0.0075
25–34	29	27	31
35–44	27	24	31
≥ 45	29	24	33
Education level
No educated	27	25	29	0.0446
Primary	29	26	32
Secondary & above	32	27	36
Marital status
Single	25	22	28	0.3807
Married	31	28	34
Divorced	24	21	27
Widowed	27	19	35
Separated	36	28	45
Substance use
Yes	21	16	25	< 0.001
No	29	27	31	< 0.001
Occupation
Daily laborer	25	22	27	0.0032
Farmer	27	24	31
Housewife	30	26	33
Merchant	30	26	32
Others	35	29	40
Hemoglobin (g/dl)
≤ 10	24	20	27	< 0.001
> 10	29	27	31	< 0.001
Viral load (copy/ml)
≤ 1000	30	29	32	< 0.001
> 1000	24	11	28	< 0.001
CD4 count
≤ 200 (cells/m³)	25	22	27	< 0.001
201–350 (cells/m³)	34	30	38
≥ 351	28	25	30
TB
Yes	24	22	27	< 0.001
No	32	29	34	< 0.001
BMI (kg/m²)
≥ 18.5	29	27	31	< 0.002
15.5–18.4	26	23	29
≤ 15.4	28	24	33
WHO clinical stage
Stage I	29	26	31	< 0.001
Stage II	30	25	35
Stage III	28	24	31
Stage IV	26	22	29
Functional status
Working	29	27	31	< 0.001
Ambulatory	26	21	32
Bedridden	26	21	31
Adherence
Good	28	26	30	0.026
Fair	29	24	33
Poor	26	21	30
Disclosure
Yes	31	28	33	0.1506
No	25	23	28	0.1506
Other OI
Yes	28	23	33	< 0.001
No	28	26	30	< 0.001

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