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. 2013 Jun 28;13:292. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-292

Table 1.

Baseline socio demographic and clinical characteristics of PLHIV on chronic HIV care at University of Gondar Referral Hospital, September 2006 to February, 2012

Characteristics Number Percent
Age
 
 
15-24
47
10.0
25-34
222
47.2
35-44
154
32.8
 ≥ 45
47
10.0
Sex
 
 
Male
179
38.1
Female
291
61.9
Marital Status
 
 
Single
78
16.6
Married
178
37.9
Separated/divorced
144
30.6
Widowed
70
14.9
Religion
 
 
Orthodox
431
91.7
Muslim
34
7.2
Protestant
5
1.1
Level of Educational
 
 
No education
127
27.0
Primary
135
28.7
Secondary
138
29.4
Tertiary
70
14.9
Occupation
 
 
Employed
94
20.0
Unemployed
376
80.0
Address
 
 
Urban
412
87.7
Rural
58
12.3
Disclosure status
 
 
Disclosed
364
22.6
Not Disclosed
106
77.4
Addiction
 
 
Addicted
318
67.7
Not Addicted
152
32.3
Family size
 
 
 ≤ 2
126
26.8
3-4
169
35.9
 ≥5
175
37.2
ART eligibility criteria
 
 
WHO clinical stage
282
60.0
CD4 count
38
8.1
Both
117
24.9
Not Recorded
33
7.0
Initial regimen
 
 
1a
126
26.8
1b
56
11.9
1c
180
38.3
1d
97
20.6
Others *
11
2.3
Regimen change during follow up
 
 
Yes
184
39.1
No
283
60.2
New regimen
 
 
First line
175
37.1
2nd line
9
1.9
Reason for switch first regimen
 
 
Side effect
34
7.2
Pregnancy
6
1.3
Tuberculosis
29
6.2
Others**
16
3.4
Not recorded
99
21.1
Past TB treatment history
 
 
Yes
153
32.5
No
317
67.5
Functional status
 
 
Working
342
72.8
Ambulatory
110
23.4
Bed redden
18
3.8
WHO clinical stage
 
 
I
25
5.3
II
77
16.4
III
294
62.6
IV
74
15.7
CD4 count
 
 
 <50
77
16.4
50-100
100
21.3
101-200
169
36.0
200
124
26.4
Hgb
 
 
 <10
48
10.2
 ≥ 10 422 89.8