Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of HIV/AIDS patients screened for serum cryptococcal antigen in Felege-Hiwot referral hospital, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
| Characteristics | Pos., N (%) | Neg., N (%) | Total, N (%) |
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| Sex | |||
| Male | 7 (44) | 52 (42) | 59 (42) |
| Female | 9 (56) | 72 (58) | 81 (58) |
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| Age | |||
| 15–24 | 3 (19) | 16 (13) | 19 (14) |
| 25–44 | 11 (69) | 76 (63) | 87 (63.5) |
| >45 | 2 (12) | 29 (24) | 31 (22.6) |
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| Residence | |||
| Urban | 9 (56) | 91 (73.4) | 100 (71) |
| Rural | 7 (44) | 33 (26.6) | 40 (29) |
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| Marital status | |||
| Unmarried | 6 (37.5) | 33 (26.6) | 39 (28) |
| Married | 5 (31.2) | 57 (46) | 62 (44) |
| Othersa∗ | 5 (31.2) | 34 (27.4) | 39 (28) |
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| Educational level | |||
| Illiterate | 4 (25) | 36 (29) | 40 (28.6) |
| Literate | 12 (75) | 88 (71) | 100 (71.4) |
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| Occupation | |||
| Student | 1 (6.2) | 17 (14) | 18 (12.8) |
| House wife | 2 (12.5) | 20 (16) | 22 (15.7) |
| Employed | 11 (68.8) | 71 (57) | 82 (58.6) |
| Others | 2 (12.5) | 16 (13) | 18 (12.8) |
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| CD4+ (cells/ml) | |||
| <100 | 11 (68.7) | 7 (5.6) | 18 (12.9) |
| 100–150 | 3 (18.7) | 31 (25) | 34 (24.3) |
| 150–200 | 1 (6.3) | 14 (11.3) | 15 (10.7) |
| >200 | 1 (6.3) | 72 (57.2) | 73 (52.1) |
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| Antiretroviral therapy status | |||
| On ART | 3 (18.8) | 67 (54) | 70 (50) |
| ART naïve | 5 (31.2) | 38 (30.6) | 43 (30.7) |
| ART defaulter | 8 (50) | 19 (15.3) | 27 (19.3) |
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| Bacterial infection status (n = 79) | |||
| Pulmonary TB | 7 (43.8) | 7 (11.1) | 14 (17.7) |
| Ex pulmonary TB | 5 (31.2) | 6 (9.5) | 11 (13.9) |
| BSI | 4 (25) | 50 (79.4) | 54 (68.4) |
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| WHO clinical stage | |||
| Stages I and II | 1 (6) | 105 (84.7) | 106 (75.7) |
| Stage III | 3 (19) | 17 (13.7) | 20 (14.3) |
| Stage IV | 12 (75) | 2 (1.6) | 14 (10) |
Note. WHO, World Health Organization; others, widow and divorced; BSI, bacterial infection isolated by blood culture; employed, government and self-employed; others, jobless and children.