Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants enrolled in a study for determining the seroprevalence of HBV and HCV coinfections among HIV-1 infected patients on ART at Mekelle hospital in northern Ethiopia (n = 439)
Characteristic | n (%) |
|---|---|
Gender | |
 Male | 155 (53.3) |
 Female | 284 (64.7) |
Age group in years | |
 3–18 | 30 (6.8) |
 19–35 | 89 (20.3) |
 36–52 | 233 (53.1) |
  ≥ 53 | 87 (19.8) |
Length of time on ART in years | |
 0.5–3 | 43 (9.8) |
 4–6 | 62 (14.1) |
 7–9 | 75 (17.1) |
 10–12 | 112 (25.5) |
  ≥ 13 | 147 (33.5) |
Current ART regimena | |
 1st line regimen | 403 (91.8) |
 2nd line regimen | 36 (8.2) |
Educational status | |
 Primary education | 173 (39.4) |
 Secondary education | 86 (19.6) |
 Illiterate | 126 (28.7) |
 Tertiary education | 51 (11.6) |
 Not applicableb | 3 (0.7) |
Occupation | |
 Employed | 99 |
 Merchant | 81 |
 Farmer | 25 |
 House wife | 100 |
 Othersc | 134 |
Residence | |
 Urban | 403 (91.8) |
 Rural | 36 (8.2) |
Marital status | |
 Married | 162 (36.9) |
 Single | 74 (16.8) |
 Widowed | 86 (19.6) |
 Divorced | 85 (19.4) |
 Not applicabled | 32 (7.3) |
Current ART adherence level | |
 Poor | 34 (7.7) |
 Fair | 79 (18.0) |
 Good | 326 (74.3) |
Current HIV-1 viral load suppression level | |
 < 1000 cps/mle | 396 (90.2) |
 ≥ 1000 cps/ml | 43 (9.8) |