Diarrhea, CD4 counts and enteric infections in a hospital – based cohort of HIV-infected patients around Varanasi, India

Table 4 Unadjusted odds ratio, for the association between diarrhea, organisms and CD4 counts.

@	Unadjusted OR	95%CI		P**	Adjusted OR*(LR)	95%CI		P**
		MIN	MAX			MIN	MAX
E. Histolytica	21.17	5.92	75.75	.000	46.91	8.69	'235.16	.000
Cryptosporidium	17.72	2.12	148	.001	29.94	2.67	336.04	.001
isospora	4.72	0.84	6.60	.075	15.11	2.22	102.62	.004
Candida	3.43	1.03	11.34	.050	4.74	0.91	24.56	.070
CD4 (<200/>200)	7.49	2.18	25.78	.000	1.94	.35	10.81	.434

@Percent isolates of above pathogens in healthy individuals were taken from the local reference values deducted in 2000in department of microbiology, I.M.S., BHU.
#CD4 levels of patients with and without identifiable pathogens in patients of diarrhea were compared
**P value of < 0.05 was taken as significant

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