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Table 4 Type of anemia among HIV patients attending Gondar University Hospital from February to May 2012

From: Determination of hematological and immunological parameters among HIV positive patients taking highly active antiretroviral treatment and treatment naïve in the antiretroviral therapy clinic of Gondar University Hospital, Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study

Type of anemia

On HAART

HAART naïve

Total

P-value

Microcytic-hypochromic

1 (5.9%)

5 (11.6%)

6 (10%)

<0.001

Microcytic-normochromic

0

1 (2.3%)

1 (1.7%)

Normocytic-normochromic

5 (29.4%)

21 (48.9%)

26 (43.3%)

Normocytic-hypochromic

0

14 (32.6%)

14 (23.3%)

Macrocytic-hypochromic

1 (5.9%)

0

1 (1.7%)

Macrocytic-normochromic

10 (58.8%)

1 (2.3%)

11 (18.3%)

Macrocytic-hyperchromic

0

1 (2.3%)

1 (1.7%)