Table 5.

Multiple linear regression analysis with BMI score

Independent Variable	β	Standardized β	p-value	T	95% CI for β
Constant	14.77	–	< 0.001	7.93	11.10–18.43
Age	0.05	0.13	0.018	2.39	0.01–0.09
Hemoglobin level	0.36	0.17	0.002	3.09	0.13–0.59
ART duration	−0.02	−0.16	0.004	−2.91	−0.03-(−0.01)
CD4 count	0.01	0.07	0.202	1.28	−0.001-0.002
Dietary diversity score	0.29	0.08	0.149	1.45	−0.10-0.68
Male sex	−1.28	−0.15	0.012	−2.53	−2.16-(−0.27)
Privileged Ethnicity	−0.59	−0.07	0.162	−1.40	−1.42-0.24
Married	1.27	0.15	0.004	2.90	0.41–2.12
Business	1.15	0.11	0.035	2.11	0.08–2.22
Smoking	−1.63	−0.18	0.002	−3.16	−2.64-(− 0.61)
Tuberculosis as opportunistic infection	−2.57	−0.07	0.172	−1.37	−6.26-1.12
WHO II stage	−0.72	− 0.08	0.136	−1.50	− 1.66-0.23

R = 0.401, R² = 0.161, Adjusted R² = 0.131,  F (12, 337) =5.382, p < 0.001