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Table 5 CD4 counts and cytopenias in HIV patients at Gondar University Hospital from February – 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

Parameters

CD4 counts

P-value

<200

200-350

>350

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

  

HIV patients

    

Anemia

20 (34.5%)

13 (14.8%)

27 (18.8%)

0.011

Leucopenia

25 (43.1%)

29 (33.0%)

22 (15.3%)

<0.001

Thrombocytopenia

9 (15.5%)

5 (5.7%)

5 (3.5%)

0.007

Neutropenia

13 (22.4%)

24 (27.3%)

25 (17.4%)

0.2

Lymphopenia

4 (6.9%)

1 (1.1%)

1 (0.7%)

0.015

Patients on HAART

    

Anemia

3 (15.8%)

7 (14.6%)

7 (9%)

0.535

Leucopenia

12 (63.2%)

21 (43.8%)

19 (24.4%)

0.003

Thrombocytopenia

2 (10.5%)

3 (6.2%)

1 (1.3%)

0.129

Neutropenia

6 (31.6%)

17 (35.4%)

18 (23.1%)

0.309

Lymphopenia

2 (10.5%)

1 (2.1%)

0

0.015

Pre-HAART patients

    

Anemia

17 (43.6%)

6 (15%)

20 (30.3%)

0.021

Leucopenia

13 (33.3%)

8 (20%)

3 (4.5%)

0.001

Thrombocytopenia

7 (17.9%)

2 (5%)

4 (6.1%)

0.07

Neutropenia

7 (17.9%)

7 (17.5%)

7 (10.6%)

0.479

Lymphopenia

2 (5.1%)

0

1 (1.5%)

0.253

  1. Note: Numerical data in Bold = indicates the level of significance (p < 0.05) (Chi square test).