Table 2 Association of socio-demographic and other clinical variables with anemia among HIV infected children attending Gondar university Hospital ART clinic from February – June, 2013

Age

0.5–5years

4 (16.7 %)

20 (83.3 %)

1 (0.293–3.413)

1.388 (0.359–5.363)

5–11years

26 (16.0 %)

137 (84.0 %)

1.054 (0.509–2.183)

1.285 (0.590–2.7980)

11–14years

13 (16.7 %)

65 (83.3 %)

1^a

1^a

Sex

Male

20 (14.9 %)

114 (85.1 %)

1^a

1^a

Female

23 (17.6 %)

108 (82.4 %)

0.824 (0.428–1.585)

0.741 (0.358–1.530)

Eating animal products

Yes

28 (14.1 %)

171 (85.9 %)

1^a

No

15 (22.7 %)

51 (77.3 %)

0.557 (0.276–1.122)

Eating green leafy vegetable

Yes

31 (14.2 %)

188 (85.8 %)

1^a

1^a

No

12 (26.1 %)

34 (73.9 %)

0.467 (0.219–0.999)

0.430 (0.188–0.981)

WHO Clinical stage

I

15 (23.8 %)

48 (76.2 %)

1^a

1^a

II

11 (15.3 %)

61 (84.7 %)

1.733 (0.73–4.116)

1.886 (0.758–4.689)

III

16 (15.2 %)

89 (84.8 %)

1.738 (0.791–3.819)

1.497 (0.557–4.022)

IV

1 (4.0 %)

24 (96.0 %)

7.5 (0.934–60.196)

4.806 (0.547–42.203)

HAART

Yes

24 (12.8 %)

164 (87.2 %)

1^a

1^a

No

19 (24.7 %)

58 (75.3 %)

0.447 (0.228–0.875)

0.671 (0.272–1.652)

Opportunistic infections

Yes

6 (31.6 %)

13 (68.4 %)

0.384 (0.137–1.073)

0.416 (0.131–1.319)

No

37 (15.0 %)

209 (85.0 %)

1^a

1^a

Cotrimoxazole

Yes

27 (20.9 %)

102 (79.1 %)

1^a

1^a

No

16 (11.8 %)

120 (88.2 %)

1.985 (1.014–3.889)

2.169 (1.047–4.490)

Intestinal parasite infection

Yes

10 (15.4 %)

55 (84.6 %)

1.087 (0.503–2.348)

0.841 (0.373–1.895)

No

33 (16.5 %)

167 (83.5 %)

1^a

1^a

CD4 percentage

<15 %

9 (18.8 %)

39 (81.2 %)

0.744 (0.306–1.81)

0.956 (0.341–2.686)

15–25 %

17 (16.8 %)

84 (83.2 %)

0.848 (0.408–1.765)

1.022 (0.455–2.293)

>25 %

17 (14.7 %)

99 (85.3 %)

1^a

1^a