Table 4.

Univariate associations of variables with immune status among ART-naïve study participants in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Variables	CD4 < 200 and/or stages III/IV, AOR (95% CI)	CD4 < 350 and/or stages III/IV, AOR (95% CI)	CD4 < 500 and/or stages III/IV, AOR (95% CI)
Gender
Male	1.00	1.00	1.00
Female	0.45(0.31–0.67)	0.49(0.34–0.71)	0.35(0.22–0.57)
HIV RNA load (copies/mL)
< 10,000	1.00	1.00	1.00
≥ 10,000	5.55(3.52–8.77)	5.00(3.51–7.12)	5.25(3.49–7.90)
Hemoglobin conc. (g/dL)
Non-anemic	1.00	1.00	1.00
Anemic	3.33(1.96–5.67)	3.27(1.79–5.98)	2.80(1.3–6.03)
Total cholesterol conc. (mg/dL)
> 200	1.00	1.00	1.00
≤ 200	3.82(1.87–7.81)	2.27(1.43–3.58)	2.21(1.40–3.50)