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Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics and prevalence of parasitic infection in ART initiated HIV patients in St. Mary Aksum General Hospital, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2017

From: Intestinal parasitosis in relation to CD4 count and anemia among ART initiated patients in St. Mary Aksum general hospital, Tigray, Ethiopia

Variable

 

Frequency

Percentage %

Positive to IPIs, n (%)

Age in year

< 15

12

5.0

4(33.3)

15–29

26

10.7

11(42.3)

30–39

95

39.3

24(25.3)

40–49

74

30.6

18(24.3)

50+

35

14.5

7(20.0)

Gender

Male

95

39.3

28(29.5)

Female

147

60.7

36(24.5)

Religion

Orthodox

214

88.4

58(27.1)

Muslim

28

11.6

6(21.4)

Residence

Urban

222

91.7

54(24.3)

Rural

20

8.3

10(50.0)

Marital status

Single

27

11.2

10(37.0)

Married

110

45.5

35(31.8)

Divorced

89

36.8

17(19.1)

Widow

16

6.6

2(12.5)

Educational status

Illiterate

64

26.4

14(21.9)

Elementary

100

41.3

31(31.0)

Secondary

61

25.2

18(29.5)

College And University

17

7.0

1(5.9)

Occupation

Civil servant

36

14.9

8(22.2)

Merchant

47

19.4

11(23.4)

Farmer

15

6.2

7(46.7)

Daily laborer

84

34.7

23(27.4)

Student

18

7.4

6(33.3)

House wife

42

17.4

9(21.4)

Total

 

242

100

64(26.4)

  1. Not: IPs Intestinal Parasites