Table 2.

Clinical Characteristics of People Living with HIV who were Enrolled in First-Line Antiretroviral Therapy at the Public Health Facility of Arba Minch Town, Southern Ethiopia, 2018

Variables	Categories	Frequency	Percent
Duration on ART	<12 months	213	63.96
≥12 months	120	36.04
Last CD4 count	<350 cells/mm3	155	46.55
≥350 cells/mm3	178	53.45
Current WHO clinical stage	Stage I	125	37.54
	Stage II	67	20.12
	Stage III	117	35.14
Stage IV	24	7.21
Current functional status	Working	273	81.98
	Ambulatory	40	12.01
Bedridden	20	6.01
Active tuberculosis	Yes	96	28.83
No	237	71.17
Cotrimoxazole preventive therapy	Yes	200	60.06
No	133	39.94
Isoniazid preventive therapy	Yes	225	67.57
No	108	32.43
ART adherence in the past month	<95%	90	27.03
≥95%	243	72.97
Initial regimen changed	Yes	26	7.81
No	307	92.19