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Table 2 Clinical/immunological status of HIV patients at DRH, 2020. (N = 556)

From: Determinant factors for adherence to antiretroviral therapy among adult HIV patients at Dessie Referral Hospital, South Wollo, Northeast Ethiopia: a case–control study

Variables Categories Cases Controls Total
N % N % N %
Diabetes mellitus Yes 27 6.5 8 5.8 35 6.3
No 390 93.5 131 94.2 521 93.7
Having OIs Yes 74 17.7 30 21.6 104 18.7
No 343 82.3 109 78.4 452 81.3
On ART (mean ± SD)a   96.77 ± 38.909 88.21 ± 39.209 94.63 ± 39.124
Baseline HIV stage Stage I 170 40.8 40 28.8 210 37.8
Stage II 122 29.3 55 39.6 177 31.8
Stage III 89 21.3 23 16.5 112 20.1
Stage IV 36 8.6 21 15.1 57 10.3
CD4 count(mean ± SD)b   567.11 ± 317.016 606.93 ± 339.39 577.08 ± 322.910
BMI (mean ± SD)c   18.821 ± 1.9556 18.797 ± 1.8771 18.815 ± 1.9347
IPT use Yes 304 72.9 83 59.7 387 69.6
No 113 27.1 56 40.3 169 30.4
Taking anti-TB drugs Yes 33 7.9 26 18.7 59 10.6
No 384 92.1 113 81.3 497 89.4
  1. ain month
  2. bin cells/mm3
  3. cin kg/m2
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