Table 5. Relationship between specific IPs and CD4+ T cell levels among HAART naive pediatric HIV patients in ZMH from August 5, 2013 to November 25, 2013, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (N = 101).
Specific parasites | COR(95% CI) | P | AOR(95%CI) | P | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A.lumbricoides | CD4+ T cell | < 350 | 1.5(0.2,4.3) | 0.67 | ||
≥350 | 1 | |||||
E. histolytica/dispar | CD4+ T cell | < 350 | 3.8(1.8,9.2) | 0.046* | 9.33(1.7,50.7) | 0.010* |
≥350 | 1 | 1 | ||||
G. lamblia | CD4+ T cell | < 350 | 0.5(0.1,0.9) | 0.034* | 2.73(1,17) | 0.06 |
≥350 | 1 | 1 | ||||
S. stercoralis | CD4+ T cell | < 350 | 1.2(0.7,4.3) | |||
≥350 | 1 | |||||
Hook worm | CD4+ T cell | < 350 | 7.9(1.1,12) | 9.33(1.7,50.7) | 0.010* | |
≥350 | 1 | 1 | ||||
H. nana | CD4+ T cell | < 350 | 7(0.3,167) | |||
≥350 | 1 | |||||
Taenia species | CD4+ T cell | < 350 | 3.2(1.4,7.6) | 0.044* | 14.0(1.1,75.5) | 0.041* |
≥350 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Cryptosporidium | CD4+ T cell | < 350 | 8.9(1.6,33) | 13.2(10.5,76.2) | 0.0013** | |
≥350 | 1 | 1 |
AOR = adjusted odds ratio,
*significant at P value <0.05,
**highly significant at P<0.01, COR = Crude odds ratio, CD4+ T cell = CD4+ T cell count (cells/mm3), P = P-value