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. 2014 Aug 8;9(8):e104557. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104557

Table 2. Characteristics of HIV infected patients in Chronic HIV care who took IPT in SNNP region, Ethiopia, September 2007 to August 2010.

Category Sub-category Total Took IPT, n (%) RR (95% CI) P value
Total 5407 2131 (39)
Age (years) <15 475 125 (26) 1.0
15–50 4683 1898 (41) 1.54 (1.34–1.77) <0.001
>50 249 108 (43) 1.65 (1.34–2.03) <0.001
Sex Female 3095 1279 (41) 1.0
Male 2312 852 (37) 0.89 (0.83–0.95) <0.001
WHO Stage Stage 1 and 2 3182 1318 (41) 1.0
Stage 3 and 4 2225 813 (37) 0.88 (0.82–0.94) <0.001
CPT initiation Yes 3926 1751 (45) 1.0
No 1481 380 (26) 0.58 (0.52–0.63) <0.001
Baseline CD4 (count/mm3) <100 1002 345 (34) 1.0
100–199 1545 635 (41) 1.19 (1.08–1.33) 0.001
200–349 1590 638 (40) 1.17 (1.05–1.29) 0.004
≥350 1270 513 (40) 1.17 (1.05–1.31) 0.004
ART initiation Yes 3183 1606 (50) 1.0
No 2224 525 (24) 0.47 (0.43–0.51) <0.001

IPT-Isoniazid Preventive Therapy; ART-antiretroviral therapy; CPT-Cotrimoxazole Preventive Therapy; WHO-World Health Organization; HIV-Human Immunodeficiency virus.