Table 1.
Correlation of thrombocytopenia with different participants’ variables
| Thrombocytopenia
|
P-value | 95% CI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absent, n = (%) | Present, n = (%) | |||
| WHO clinical stage | ||||
| Stage 1 | 3,627 (35.2) | 584 (27.0) | 0.000 | 14.8–17.6 |
| Stage 2 | 3,514 (34.1) | 731 (33.7) | 0.000 | 114.8–145.4 |
| Stage 3 | 1,728 (16.8) | 438 (20.2) | 0.000 | 137.3–180.4 |
| Stage 4 | 1,434 (13.9) | 414 (19.1) | 0.000 | 155.9–206.2 |
| CD4 counts (/L) | ||||
| 0–199 | 4,020 (76.8) | 1,214 (23.2) | 0.000 | 28.0–32.2 |
| 200–499 | 5,086 (84.3) | 944 (15.7) | 0.000 | 55.9–67.6 |
| Above 500 | 3,081 (89.2) | 374 (10.8) | 0.000 | 35.5–45.6 |
| Anemia | ||||
| No | 10,902 (84.1) | 2,064 (15.9) | 0.000 | 18.1–19.8 |
| Yes | 1,511 (73.2) | 553 (26.8) | 0.000 | 173.5–215.4 |
| Leucopenia | ||||
| No | 12,329 (82.8) | 2,554 (17.2) | 0.000 | 19.9–21.6 |
| Yes | 84 (57.1) | 63 (42.9) | 0.000 | 260.4–503.3 |
Abbreviations: CD4, cluster of differentiation 4; CI, confidence interval; WHO, World Health Organization.