Table 5.
CD4 counts and cytopenias in HIV patients at Gondar University Hospital from February – May 2012
|
Parameters |
CD4 counts |
P-value |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
<200 |
200-350 |
>350 |
||
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
|
HIV patients |
|
|
|
|
| Anemia |
20 (34.5%) |
13 (14.8%) |
27 (18.8%) |
0.011 |
| Leucopenia |
25 (43.1%) |
29 (33.0%) |
22 (15.3%) |
<0.001 |
| Thrombocytopenia |
9 (15.5%) |
5 (5.7%) |
5 (3.5%) |
0.007 |
| Neutropenia |
13 (22.4%) |
24 (27.3%) |
25 (17.4%) |
0.2 |
| Lymphopenia |
4 (6.9%) |
1 (1.1%) |
1 (0.7%) |
0.015 |
|
Patients on HAART |
|
|
|
|
| Anemia |
3 (15.8%) |
7 (14.6%) |
7 (9%) |
0.535 |
| Leucopenia |
12 (63.2%) |
21 (43.8%) |
19 (24.4%) |
0.003 |
| Thrombocytopenia |
2 (10.5%) |
3 (6.2%) |
1 (1.3%) |
0.129 |
| Neutropenia |
6 (31.6%) |
17 (35.4%) |
18 (23.1%) |
0.309 |
| Lymphopenia |
2 (10.5%) |
1 (2.1%) |
0 |
0.015 |
|
Pre-HAART patients |
|
|
|
|
| Anemia |
17 (43.6%) |
6 (15%) |
20 (30.3%) |
0.021 |
| Leucopenia |
13 (33.3%) |
8 (20%) |
3 (4.5%) |
0.001 |
| Thrombocytopenia |
7 (17.9%) |
2 (5%) |
4 (6.1%) |
0.07 |
| Neutropenia |
7 (17.9%) |
7 (17.5%) |
7 (10.6%) |
0.479 |
| Lymphopenia | 2 (5.1%) | 0 | 1 (1.5%) | 0.253 |
Note: Numerical data in Bold = indicates the level of significance (p < 0.05) (Chi square test).