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Table 3 Predictors of anemia in HIV Infected patients at before HAART initiation at Zewditu Memorial, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2012

From: Prevalence and correlates of anemia among HIV infected patients on highly active anti-retroviral therapy at Zewditu Memorial Hospital, Ethiopia

Variable

Crude OR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

Gender

  

Female

1.00

1.00

Male

1.67 (1.30-2.14)

1.55 (1.18-2.03)

Age (in years)

  

15-24

1.00

1.00

25-34

0.99 (0.58-1.71)

0.99 (0.56-1.77)

35-44

1.46 (0.85-2.52)

1.46 (0.82-2.60)

45-54

1.40 (0.77-2.55)

1.21 (0.64-2.29)

55+

2.40 (1.06-5.41)

2.06 (0.88-4.82)

WHO clinical stage

  

Stage I/II

1.00

1.00

Stage III/IV

2.35 (1.81-3.06)

2.03 (1.45-2.83)

CD4 cell count (cells/mm 3 )

  

≥350

1.00

1.00

200-350

0.13 (0.03-0.47)

0.16 (0.04-0.61)

0-199

0.22 (0.06-0.81)

0.25 (0.07-0.93)

BMI

  

Normal

1.00

1.00

Underweight

2.32 (1.24-4.36)

1.83 (0.92-3.65)

Overweight

0.95 (0.42-2.12)

1.14 (0.49-2.65)

OI

  

Candidiasis

1.44 (1.08-1.91)

1.09 (0.78-1.52)

Herpes zoster

0.86 (0.65-1.14)

0.86 (0.64-1.17)

TB

2.07 (1.54-2.80)

1.52 (1.08-2.13)

Diarrhea

0.87 (0.52-1.46)

0.72 (0.40-1.32)

Fever

1.19 (0.67-2.11)

1.00 (0.52-1.96)

Pneumonia

1.84 (0.91-3.71)

1.94 (0.90-4.18)

Toxoplasmosis

1.34 (0.50-3.59)

1.03 (0.36-2.93)

  1. OR: Odds ratio; AOR: Adjusted odds ratio; BMI: Body mass index; OI: opportunistic infections.