Table 2.
Anemia prevalence according to Socio-demographic characteristics and WHO clinical stage of children who took HAART at least 12 months at University of Gondar comprehensive specialized hospital ART clinic
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| At baseline of ART initiation | At 6 months of ART Initiation | At 9 months of ART initiation | At 12 months of ART | ||||||
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| Anemic (n (%)) | Non-anemic (n (%)) | Anemic (n (%)) | Non-anemic (n (%)) | Anemic (n (%)) | Non-anemic (n (%)) | Anemic (n (%)) | Non-anemic (n (%)) | ||
| Age at enrolment (year) | <5 years | 42 (35.6) | 76 (64.6) | 25 (21.2) | 93 (78.8) | 22 (18.6) | 96 (81.4) | 21 (17.8) | 97 (82.2) |
| ≥5 years | 33 (40.2) | 49 (59.8) | 19 (23.2) | 63 (76.8) | 19 (23.2) | 63 (76.8) | 15 (18.3) | 67 (81.7) | |
| Sex | Male | 31 (37.3) | 52 (62.7) | 21 (25.3) | 62 (74.7) | 23 (27.7) | 60 (72.3) | 20 (24.1) | 63 (75.9) |
| Female | 44 (37.6) | 73 (62.4) | 23 (19.7) | 94 (80.3) | 18 (15.4) | 99 (84.6) | 16 (13.7) | 101 (86.3) | |
| Residence | Urban | 67 (37) | 114 (63) | 38 (21) | 143 (79) | 38 (21) | 143 (79) | 32 (17.7) | 149 (82.3) |
| Rural | 8 (42.1) | 11 (57.9) | 6 (31.6) | 13 (68.4) | 3 (15.8) | 16 (84.2) | 4 (21.1) | 15 (78.9) | |
| Religion of caregiver | Orthodox | 54 (35.5) | 98 (64.5) | 33 (21.7) | 119 (78.3) | 4 (22.4) | 118 (77.6) | 32 (21.1) | 120 (78.9) |
| Muslim | 21 (43.8) | 27 (56.2) | 11 (22.9) | 37 (77.1) | 7 (14.6) | 41 (85.4) | 4 (8.3) | 44 (91.7) | |
| Occupation of caregiver | Non-employee | 16 (12.8) | 8 (10.7) | 20 (12.8) | 4 (9.1) | 19 (11.9) | 5 (12.2) | 20 (12.2) | 4 (11.1) |
| Gov’t employee | 7 (5.6) | 6 (8) | 9 (5.8) | 4 (9.1) | 10 (6.3) | 3 (7.3) | 11 (6.7) | 2 (5.6) | |
| Farmer | 5 (4) | 2 (2.7) | 5 (3.2) | 2 (4.8) | 5 (3.1) | 2 (4.9) | 5 (3) | 2 (5.6) | |
| Merchant | 30 (24) | 24 (32) | 45 (28.8) | 9 (20.5) | 45 (29.3) | 9 (22) | 48 (29.3) | 6 (16.7) | |
| Daily laborer | 13 (13.6) | 7 (9.3) | 19 (12.2) | 5 (11.4) | 20 (12.6) | 4 (9.8) | 21 (12.8) | 3 (8.3) | |
| Housewife | 50 (40) | 28 (37.3) | 58 (37.2) | 20 (45.5) | 60 (37.7) | 18 (43.9) | 59 (36) | 19 (52.8) | |
| WHO clinical stage | I | 16 (23.2) | 53 (76.8) | 13 (15.1) | 73 (84.9) | 19 (16.5) | 96 (83.5) | 18 (14.1) | 110 (85.9) |
| II | 29 (48.3) | 31 (51.7) | 15 (28.8) | 37 (71.2) | 13 (30.2) | 30 (69.8) | 14 (38.9) | 22 (61.1) | |
| III | 21 (37.5) | 35 (62.5) | 11 (23.9) | 35 (76.1) | 6 (16.7) | 30 (83.3) | 2 (16.5) | 29 (93.5) | |
| IV | 9 (60) | 6 (40) | 5 (31.2) | 11 (68.8) | 3 (50) | 3 (50) | 2 (40) | 3 (60) | |