Table 2.

Predictors of anemia

Variables	Anemia		COR (95% CI)	P- value	AOR (95% CI)	P-value
	Yes n (%)	No n (%)
Age
18–29	35 (58.3)	25 (41.7)	1		1
30–39	39 (47.0)	44 (53.0)	0.63 (0.32–1.24)	0.181	0.58 (0.27–1.23)	0.157
40–49	11 (47.8)	12 (52.2)	0.65 (0.25–1.72)	0.390	0.73 (0.25–2.12)	0.563
≥ 50	4 (66.7)	2 (33.3)	1.43 (0.24–8.41)	0.693	1.79 (0.23–13.68)	0.571
Sex
F	55 (52.9)	49 (47.1)	1.12 (0.61–2.07)	0.711
M	34 (50.0)	34 (50.0)	1
Resident
Urban	75 (49.0)	78 (51.0)	1		1
Rural	14 (73.7)	5 (26.3)	2.91 (1.00–8.48)	0.050	4.67 (1.44–15.14)	0.010
BMI
< 18.5	23 (52.3)	21 (47.7)	0.73 (0.18–2.95)	0.659
18.5–24.99	60 (50.8)	58 (69.2)	0.69 (0.18–2.57)	0.580
> 25	6 (60.0)	4 (40.0)	1
HAART status
Yes	70 (49.3)	72 (50.7)	1		1
No	19 (63.3)	11 (36.7)	1.77 (0.79–4.00)	0.165	1.87 (0.71–4.91)	0.203
Opportunistic infection
Yes	7 (43.8)	9 (56.2)	0.70 (0.25–1.98)	0.503
No	82 (52.6)	74 (47.4)	1
Intestinal parasite
Yes	8 (61.5)	5 (38.5)	1.54 (0.48–4.91)	0.465
No	81 (50.9)	78 (49.1)	1
Malaria infection
Yes	52 (60.5)	34 (39.5)	2.02 (1.10–3.72)	0.023	2.42 (1.16–5.04)	0.018
No	37 (43.0)	49 (57.0)	1		1
Parasitic density of malaria
1–999	12 (57.1)	9 (42.9)	1
1000–9999	26 (60.5)	17 (39.5)	0.76 (0.22–2.59)	0.664
≥ 10,000	14 (63.6)	8 (36.4)	0.87 (0.30–2.53)	0.804
CD4  + count (cells/μl)
≤ 200	18 (69.2)	8 (30.8)	1.62 (0.61–4.30)	0.328	1.34 (0.45–3.94)	0.596
200–499	35 (41.7)	49 (58.3)	0.52 (0.26–1.00)	0.051	0.37 (0.17–0.77)	0.009
≥ 500	36 (58.1)	26 (41.9)	1		1

*COR-Crude odd ratio, AOR-Adjusted odd ratio, CI-Confidence interval, 1-indicator and Statistical significant at p < 0.05