Skip to main content

Table 2 Predictors of anemia

From: Effect of malaria infection on hematological profiles of people living with human immunodeficiency virus in Gambella, southwest Ethiopia

Variables

Anemia

COR (95% CI)

P- value

AOR (95% CI)

P-value

Yes n (%)

No n (%)

Age

ā€ƒ18ā€“29

35 (58.3)

25 (41.7)

1

Ā 

1

Ā 

ā€ƒ30ā€“39

39 (47.0)

44 (53.0)

0.63 (0.32ā€“1.24)

0.181

0.58 (0.27ā€“1.23)

0.157

ā€ƒ40ā€“49

11 (47.8)

12 (52.2)

0.65 (0.25ā€“1.72)

0.390

0.73 (0.25ā€“2.12)

0.563

ā€ƒā€‰ā‰„ā€‰50

4 (66.7)

2 (33.3)

1.43 (0.24ā€“8.41)

0.693

1.79 (0.23ā€“13.68)

0.571

Sex

ā€ƒF

55 (52.9)

49 (47.1)

1.12 (0.61ā€“2.07)

0.711

Ā Ā 

ā€ƒM

34 (50.0)

34 (50.0)

1

Ā Ā Ā 

Resident

ā€ƒUrban

75 (49.0)

78 (51.0)

1

Ā 

1

Ā 

ā€ƒRural

14 (73.7)

5 (26.3)

2.91 (1.00ā€“8.48)

0.050

4.67 (1.44ā€“15.14)

0.010

BMI

ā€ƒā€‰<ā€‰18.5

23 (52.3)

21 (47.7)

0.73 (0.18ā€“2.95)

0.659

Ā Ā 

ā€ƒ18.5ā€“24.99

60 (50.8)

58 (69.2)

0.69 (0.18ā€“2.57)

0.580

Ā Ā 

ā€ƒā€‰>ā€‰25

6 (60.0)

4 (40.0)

1

Ā Ā Ā 

HAART status

ā€ƒYes

70 (49.3)

72 (50.7)

1

Ā 

1

Ā 

ā€ƒNo

19 (63.3)

11 (36.7)

1.77 (0.79ā€“4.00)

0.165

1.87 (0.71ā€“4.91)

0.203

Opportunistic infection

ā€ƒYes

7 (43.8)

9 (56.2)

0.70 (0.25ā€“1.98)

0.503

Ā Ā 

ā€ƒNo

82 (52.6)

74 (47.4)

1

Ā Ā Ā 

Intestinal parasite

ā€ƒYes

8 (61.5)

5 (38.5)

1.54 (0.48ā€“4.91)

0.465

Ā Ā 

ā€ƒNo

81 (50.9)

78 (49.1)

1

Ā Ā Ā 

Malaria infection

ā€ƒYes

52 (60.5)

34 (39.5)

2.02 (1.10ā€“3.72)

0.023

2.42 (1.16ā€“5.04)

0.018

ā€ƒNo

37 (43.0)

49 (57.0)

1

Ā 

1

Parasitic density of malaria

ā€ƒ1ā€“999

12 (57.1)

9 (42.9)

1

Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒ1000ā€“9999

26 (60.5)

17 (39.5)

0.76 (0.22ā€“2.59)

0.664

Ā Ā 

ā€ƒā€‰ā‰„ā€‰10,000

14 (63.6)

8 (36.4)

0.87 (0.30ā€“2.53)

0.804

Ā Ā 

CD4ā€‰ + count (cells/Ī¼l)

ā€ƒā€‰ā‰¤ā€‰200

18 (69.2)

8 (30.8)

1.62 (0.61ā€“4.30)

0.328

1.34 (0.45ā€“3.94)

0.596

ā€ƒ200ā€“499

35 (41.7)

49 (58.3)

0.52 (0.26ā€“1.00)

0.051

0.37 (0.17ā€“0.77)

0.009

ā€ƒā€‰ā‰„ā€‰500

36 (58.1)

26 (41.9)

1

Ā 

1

Ā 
  1. *COR-Crude odd ratio, AOR-Adjusted odd ratio, CI-Confidence interval, 1-indicator and Statistical significant at pā€‰<ā€‰0.05