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. 2016 Dec 7;9:501. doi: 10.1186/s13104-016-2317-7

Table 5.

Chi squared test for the difference in OI prevalence by geographical location

Prevalence p value
Tororo (Eastern Uganda) (n = 6534), n (%) Mulago (Central Uganda) (n = 7243), n (%) Mbarara (South-western Uganda) (n = 10,586), n (%)
Before HAART (2001–2003)
 Opportunistic infection
  Geohelminths 2671 (40.9) 1406 (19.4) 2378 (22.5) <0.0001
  Diarrhoea 2817 (43.1) 1780 (24.6) 2862 (27.0) <0.0001
  Oral candida 1531 (23.4) 2345 (32.4) 4560 (43.1) <0.0001
  Bacterial pneumonia 858 (13.1) 896 (12.4) 983 (9.3) <0.0001
  Mycobacterium tuberculosis 830 (12.7) 875 (12.1) 608 (5.7) <0.0001
  Genital ulcer 508 (7.8) 697 (9.6) 658 (6.2) <0.0001
  Confirmed malaria 1072 (16.4) 826 (11.4) 1771 (16.7) <0.0001
  Esoph candida 261 (4.0) 732 (10.1) 1194 (11.3) <0.0001
  Herpes zoster 388 (5.9) 423 (5.8) 618 (5.8) 0.098
  Cryptosporidiosis 178 (2.7) 283 (3.9) 434 (4.1) <0.0001
  Cryptococcosis 160 (2.4) 145 (2.0) 122 (1.2) <0.0001
  Others 75 (1.1) 204 (2.8) 112 (1.1) <0.0001
 Opportunistic cancer
  Kaposi’s sarcoma/HHV8 96 (1.5) 61 (0.8) 52 (0.5) <0.0001
Prevalence p value
Tororo (Eastern Uganda) (n = 16,207),
n (%)
Mulago (Central Uganda) (n = 16,288), n (%) Mbarara (South western Uganda) (n = 17,047), n (%) Gulu (Northern Uganda) (n = 10,464), n (%)
Early HAART (2004–2008)
 Opportunistic infection
  Geohelminths 5825 (35.9) 4363 (26.8) 4925 (28.9) 3950 (37.7) <0.0001
  Diarrhoea 4503 (27.8) 3261 (20.0) 3431 (20.1) 3848 (36.8) <0.0001
  Oral candida 1966 (12.1) 3632 (22.3) 4097 (24.0) 976 (9.3) <0.0001
  Mycobacterium tuberculosis 2958 (18.2) 3589 (22.1) 1936 (11.4) 2198 (21.0) <0.0001
  Bacterial pneumonia 1301 (8.0) 1627 (10.0) 823 (4.8) 829 (7.9) <0.0001
  Genital ulcer 1373 (8.5) 2046 (12.6) 1474 (8.6) 1229 (11.7) <0.0001
  Confirmed malaria 893 (5.5) 984 (6.0) 611 (3.6) 1105 (10.6) <0.0001
  Esoph candida 969 (6.0) 1744 (10.7) 1714 (10.1) 901 (8.6) <0.0001
  Herpes zoster 1103 (6.8) 1110 (6.8) 970 (5.7) 575 (5.5) <0.0001
  Cryptosporidiosis 666 (4.1) 467 (2.9) 419 (2.5) 483 (4.6) <0.0001
  Cryptococcosis 238 (1.5) 337 (2.1) 197 (1.2) 162 (1.5) <0.0001
  Others 364 (2.2) 647 (4.0) 333 (2.0) 455 (4.3) <0.0001
 Opportunistic cancer
  Kaposi’s sarcoma/HHV8 209 (1.3) 195 (1.2) 128 (0.8) 145 (1.4) 0.003
Prevalence p value
Tororo (Eastern Uganda) (n = 14,658), n (%) Mulago (Central Uganda) (n = 17,977), n (%) Mbarara (South western Uganda) (15,095), n (%) Gulu (Northern Uganda) (n = 15,152), n (%)
Late HAART (2009–2013)
 Opportunistic infection
  Geohelminths 3270 (22.3) 3373 (18.8) 3169 (21.0) 3991 (26.3) <0.0001
  Diarrhoea 2786 (19.0) 1949 (10.8) 1653 (11.0) 2585 (17.1) <0.0001
  Oral candida 731 (5.0) 1822 (10.1) 1617 (10.7) 339 (2.2) <0.0001
  Bacterial pneumonia 1354 (9.2) 1043 (5.8) 641 (4.2) 1310 (8.6) <0.0001
  Mycobacterium tuberculosis 780 (5.3) 1088 (6.1) 436 (2.9) 1286 (8.5) <0.0001
  Genital ulcer 767 (5.2) 1047 (5.8) 1265 (8.4) 704 (4.6) <0.0001
  Confirmed malaria 769 (5.2) 688 (3.8) 365 (2.4) 562 (3.7) <0.0001
  Esoph candida 342 (2.3) 640 (3.6) 489 (3.2) 286 (1.9) <0.0001
  Herpes zoster 581 (4.0) 739 (4.1) 554 (3.7) 396 (2.6) <0.0001
  Cryptosporidiosis 219 (1.5) 198 (1.1) 140 (0.9) 138 (0.9) 0.011
  Cryptococcosis 198 (1.4) 96 (0.5) 56 (0.4) 67 (0.4) <0.0001
  Others 356 (2.4) 351 (2.0) 239 (1.6) 203 (1.3) <0.0001
 Opportunistic cancer
  Kaposi’s sarcoma/HHV8 116 (0.8) 91 (0.5) 58 (0.4) 45 (0.3) <0.0001

HHV8 human herpes virus 8, n number of patient