Table 3.
Association of background characteristics with hospitalization using bi-variable logistic regression
| Hospitalization | |||||||
| Yes | No | ||||||
| Variables | Categories | N (%) | N (%) | COR | 95% CI | P-value | |
| Sex | Female | 36(18.2) | 162(81.8) | 1 | |||
| Male | 48(23.2) | 159(76.8) | 1.36 | 0.84 | 2.21 | 0.215 | |
| Age Category | < 5 years | 28(23.9) | 89(76.1) | 1 | |||
| 5 – 9 years | 40(20.4) | 156(79.6) | 0.82 | 0.47 | 1.41 | 0.465 | |
| 10 – 18 years | 16(17.4) | 76(82.6) | 0.67 | 0.34 | 1.33 | 0.251 | |
| Child live with | Parents | 60(22) | 213(78) | 1.28 | 0.59 | 2.79 | 0.529 |
| Others | 9(18) | 41(82) | 1 | ||||
| Baseline WHO Stage |
Stage I &II | 23(16.4) | 117(83.6) | 0.65 | 0.38 | 1.11 | 0.117 |
| Stage III &IV | 59(23.1) | 196(76.9) | 1 | ||||
| ART Regimen at initiation |
AZT or D4T+3TC+NVP | 66(20.8) | 252(79.2) | 1 | |||
| AZT or D4T+3TC+EFV | 14(20) | 56(80) | 0.96 | 0.5 | 1.82 | 0.888 | |
| Other 1st line regimens | 4(26.7) | 11(73.3) | 1.39 | 0.43 | 4.5 | 0.584 | |
| Under Weight | Yes | 19(22.1) | 67(77.9) | 1.11 | 0.62 | 1.98 | 0.728 |
| No | 65(20.4) | 254(79.6) | 1 | ||||
| Stunted | Yes | 18(24.3) | 56(75.7) | 1.29 | 0.71 | 2.34 | 0.401 |
| No | 66(19.9) | 265(80.1) | 1 | ||||
| Wasted | Yes | 18(27.7) | 47(72.3) | 1.71 | 0.92 | 3.16 | 0.09 |
| No | 55(18.3) | 245(81.7) | 1 | ||||
| CPT | Yes | 81(21.3) | 299(78.7) | 1 | |||
| No | 3(12) | 22(88) | 0.5 | 0.15 | 1.72 | 0.274 | |
| INH | Yes | 1(12.5) | 7(87.5) | 1 | |||
| No | 83(20.9) | 314(79.1) | 1.85 | 0.23 | 15.25 | 0.567 | |
| CD4 Category | Severe | 25(17.2) | 120(82.8) | 1 | |||
| Moderate | 27(18.9) | 116(81.1) | 1.12 | 0.61 | 2.04 | 0.718 | |
| Normal | 8(24.2) | 25(75.8) | 1.54 | 0.62 | 3.79 | 0.353 | |
| OI | Yes | 44(25.6) | 128(74.4) | 1.66 | 1.02 | 2.67 | 0.04 |
| No | 40(17.2) | 193(82.8) | 1 | ||||
| Number of OI's | 1.23 | 1.06 | 1.4 | 0.006 | |||
| Duration on ART | 0.93 | 0.91 | 0.95 | <0.001 | |||