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. 2015 Feb 6;10(2):e0117715. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117715

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