Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population in three hospitals of, Ethiopia, April, 2009

Age in Years

   15-24

12(9.7)

42(9.1)

1

-

   25-34

53(42.7)

221(47.5)

0.8(0.4,1.7)

   > = 35

59(47.6)

202(43.4)

1.0(0.5,2.1)

Sex

   Male

62(50)

185(39.8)

1.5(1.0, 2.2)*

1.9(1.0,3.7)*

   Female

62(50)

280(60.2)

1

1

Educational status

   Illiterate

30(24.2)

74(15.9)

1

1

   literate

94(75.8)

391(84.1)

0.6(0.4, 0.9)*

0.8(0.4,1.6)

Marital status

   Single

24(19.3)

75(16.1)

1.3(0.7,2.5)

-

   Married

42(33.9)

191(41.1)

0.9(0.5,1.6)

   Divorced

33(26.6)

93(20.0)

1.5(0.8,2.7)

   Widowed

25(20.2)

106(22.8)

1

Occupation (n = 580)

   Government worker

17(14.8)

51(11.0)

1

1

   Private employee

15(13.1)

83(17.8)

0.5(0.2,1.1)

0.9(0.3,2.7)

   Merchant

1(0.9)

69(14.8)

0.4(0.2,1.0)

0.6(0.2,2.3)

   Farmer

13(11.3)

32(6.9)

1.2(0.5,2.8)

2.0(0.6,6.5)

   Housewives

15(13.0)

79(17.0)

0.6(0.3,1.3)

1.4(0.4,4.7)

   Day laborers

22(19.1)

93(20.0)

0.7(0.4,1.5)

1.6(0.6,4.8)

   No Job

32(27.8)

58(12.5)

1.6(1.1, 3.4)*

1.7(0.5,5.1)

Have source of income

   Yes

70(56.5)

341(73.3)

1

1

   No

54(43.5)

124(26.7)

2.2(1.4,3.2)*

1.9(1.0,3.8)*

WHO staging(n = 582)

   Stage II

13(10.6)

136(29.6)

1

1

   Stage III

96(78.0)

257(56.0)

1.6(1.3,1.9)*

2.3(1.1,4.6)*

   Stage IV

14(11.4)

66(14.4)

1.2(0.9,1.5)

1.3(0.5,3.5)

CD4 lymphocyte count(n = 489)

   < 200

46(57.5)

112(27.4)

1.9(1.2,2.8)*

3.6(2.1,6.1)*

   > = 200

34(42.5)

297(72.6)

1

1

Antiretroviral therapy

   Yes

93(75.6)

462(100)

0.02(0.001, 0.04)

0.01(0.001, 0.003)*

   No

31(24.4)

3

1