Prevalence of anemia before and after initiation of antiretroviral therapy among HIV infected patients at Black Lion Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

Table 2 Red blood cell parameters and CD4⁺ T cell counts of HIV positive adult patients at baseline and after 6 months of ART at Black Lion Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2017

Parameters	Before initiation of ART (n = 255) Mean ± SD	After 6 months of ART initiation (n = 255) Mean ± SD	P-value
RBC (×10⁶/μl)	4.41 ± 0.71	4.28 ± 0.59	0.009
Hgb (g/dl)	12.8 ± 1.99	14.34 ± 1.89	< 0.001
MCV (fl)	86.34 ± 6.42	96.33 ± 8.80	< 0.001
MCH (pg)	29.1 ± 2.69	32.78 ± 4.09	< 0.001
MCHC (g/dl)	33.52 ± 1.75	34.18 ± 1.86	< 0.001
RDW (%)	14.91 ± 2.66	13.66 ± 1.58	< 0.001
CD4 (Cells/μl)	162.5 ± 108.6	347 ± 183.17	< 0.001

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