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