Table 1.
Base line socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of children on ART, Mekelle, hospital, and Northern Ethiopia
|
Baseline variables |
Survival status, N = 416 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Censored |
DEAD |
Total |
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| N | % | N | % | N | ||
|
Sex (N = 416) |
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|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
190 |
48.00 |
10 |
50.00 |
200 |
48.10 |
| Female |
206 |
52.00 |
10 |
50.00 |
216 |
51.90 |
|
Age at ART initiation (N = 416) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ≥120 months |
56 |
14.14 |
3 |
15.00 |
59 |
14.18 |
| 60-120 months |
140 |
35.35 |
4 |
20.00 |
144 |
34.62 |
| 36-59 months |
69 |
17.42 |
1 |
5.00 |
70 |
16.83 |
| 18-35 months |
73 |
18.43 |
4 |
20.00 |
77 |
18.51 |
| <18 months |
58 |
14.65 |
8 |
40.00 |
66 |
15.87 |
|
Primary care giver (N = 402) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Parents |
294 |
77.00 |
18 |
90.0 |
312 |
77.60 |
| Relatives |
66 |
17.30 |
1 |
5.00 |
67 |
16.70 |
| Guardians & Orphan |
22 |
5.80 |
1 |
5.00 |
23 |
5.70 |
| Missing |
|
|
|
|
14 |
3.36 |
|
TB at baseline (416) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
112 |
28.30 |
15 |
75.00 |
127 |
30.53 |
| No |
284 |
71.72 |
5 |
25.00 |
289 |
69.47 |
|
Baseline WHO clinical stage (N = 416) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| stage I & II |
93 |
23.50 |
1 |
5.0 |
94 |
22.60 |
| stage III |
187 |
47.20 |
14 |
70.0 |
201 |
48.30 |
| stage IV |
116 |
29.30 |
5 |
25.0 |
121 |
29.10 |
|
CD4 percentage (N = 412) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ≥10% |
223 |
56.89 |
6 |
30 |
229 |
55.58 |
| <10% |
169 |
43.11 |
14 |
70 |
183 |
44.42 |
|
Hemoglobin level (N = 408) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ≥8 g/dl |
363 |
93.56 |
15 |
75 |
378 |
92.65 |
| <8 g/dl | 25 | 6.44 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 7.35 |