|
Gender-male
|
149 (55%)
|
52 (19%)
|
97 (36%)
|
|
Median age in years (IQR)
|
40 (11)
|
39 (10)
|
40 (12)
|
|
Religion
|
|
Orthodox Christian
|
187 (69%)
|
62 (23%)
|
125 (46%)
|
|
Muslim
|
160 (21%)
|
20 (7%)
|
37 (14%)
|
|
Protestant
|
27 (10%)
|
9 (3%)
|
18 (7%)
|
|
Others
|
2 (1%)
|
0 (0%)
|
2 (1%)
|
|
Marital status
|
|
Married
|
160 (59%)
|
47 (17%)
|
113 (41%)
|
|
Not married
|
113 (41%)
|
44 (16%)
|
69 (25%)
|
|
Family size
|
|
≤ 5 family members
|
217 (80%)
|
76 (28%)
|
141 (52%)
|
|
> 5 family members
|
54 (20%)
|
13 (5%)
|
41 (15%)
|
|
Educational status
|
|
Illiterate
|
39 (14%)
|
12 (4%)
|
27 (10%)
|
|
Literate
|
234 (86%)
|
79 (29%)
|
155 (57%)
|
|
Employment
|
|
Employed
|
267 (98%)
|
87 (32%)
|
180 (66%)
|
|
Unemployed
|
6 (2%)
|
4 (1%)
|
2 (1%)
|
|
Residence area
|
|
Rural
|
67 (25%)
|
28 (10%)
|
39 (14%)
|
|
Urban
|
206 (76%)
|
63 (23%)
|
143 (52%)
|
|
Khat** chewing
|
|
Yes
|
10 (4%)
|
4 (4%)
|
6 (3%)
|
|
No
|
263 (96%)
|
87 (96%)
|
176 (97%)
|
|
Alcohol use
|
|
Yes
|
7 (3%)
|
1 (1%)
|
6 (3%)
|
|
No
|
266 (97%)
|
90 (99%)
|
176 (97%)
|
|
Smoke cigarettes
|
|
Yes
|
6 (2%)
|
3 (3%)
|
3 (2%)
|
|
No
|
267 (98%)
|
88 (97%)
|
179 (98%)
|
|
Main diet
|
|
Wheat or barley
|
40 (15%)
|
18 (20%)
|
22 (12%)
|
|
Teff
|
165 (60%)
|
54 (60%)
|
111 (61%)
|
|
Others
|
68 (25%)
|
19 (20%)
|
49 (27%)
|
|
Poor drug absorption
|
|
Main diet wheat or barley with diarrhea
|
3 (1%)
|
3 (3%)
|
0 (0%)
|
|
Main diet wheat or barley without diarrhea
|
37 (14%)
|
15 (16%)
|
22 (12%)
|
|
Duration on ART median in months (IQR)
|
69 (41)
|
64 (39)
|
72 (36)
|
|
Baseline CD4 lymphocyte count
|
|
< 50 cells/mm3
|
33 (12%)
|
20 (22%)
|
13 (7%)
|
|
≥ 50 cells/mm3
|
240 (88%)
|
71 (78%)
|
169 (93%)
|
|
Baseline WHO HIV stage
|
|
Stage 1
|
26 (10%)
|
8 (9%)
|
18 (10%)
|
|
Stage 2
|
93 (34%)
|
22 (24%)
|
71 (39%)
|
|
Stage 3
|
140 (51%)
|
52 (57%)
|
88 (48%)
|
|
Stage 4
|
14 (5%)
|
9 (10%)
|
5 (3%)
|
|
ART regimen
|
|
AZT based
|
130 (48%)
|
57 (63%)
|
96 (53%)
|
|
TDF based
|
143 (52%)
|
34 (37%)
|
86 (47%)
|
|
TB treatment while taking ART
|
|
Never
|
231 (85%)
|
58 (64%)
|
173 (95%)
|
|
Once
|
33 (12%)
|
26 (28%)
|
7 (4%)
|
|
Two times
|
8 (3%)
|
6 (7%)
|
2 (1%)
|
|
Three or more
|
1 (0%)
|
1 (1%)
|
0 (0%)
|
|
Never discontinued ART
|
212 (78%)
|
49 (54%)
|
163 (90%)
|
|
Discontinued ART (by duration)
|
61 (22%)
|
42 (46%)
|
19 (10%)
|
|
< 1 month
|
32 (12%)
|
23 (25%)
|
9 (5%)
|
|
> 1 month
|
29 (10%)
|
19 (21%)
|
10 (5%)
|
|
Missed ART follow-up
|
|
Never
|
233 (85%)
|
70 (77%)
|
163 (89.5%)
|
|
Sometimes
|
32 (12%)
|
14 (15%)
|
18 (10%)
|
|
Often
|
8 (3%)
|
7 (8%)
|
1 (0.5%)
|
|
Repeated or persistent diarrhea
|
|
Yes
|
24 (9%)
|
16 (18%)
|
8 (4%)
|
|
No
|
249 (91%)
|
75 (82%)
|
174 (96%)
|
|
Psychiatric illness
|
|
Yes
|
10 (4%)
|
6 (7%)
|
4 (2%)
|
|
No
|
263 (96%)
|
85 (93%)
|
178 (98%)
|
|
Dyspepsia
|
|
Yes
|
82 (30%)
|
31 (34%)
|
51 (28%)
|
|
No
|
191 (70%)
|
60 (66%)
|
131 (72%)
|
|
Diabetic
|
|
Yes
|
1 (0.4%)
|
1 (1%)
|
0 (0%)
|
|
No
|
272 (99.6%)
|
90 (99%)
|
182 (100%)
|
|
Hypertensive
|
|
Yes
|
3 (1%)
|
0 (0%)
|
3 (2%)
|
|
No
|
270 (99%)
|
91 (100%)
|
179 (98%)
|
|
Stool H. pylori antigen positive
|
|
Yes
|
64 (23%)
|
18 (20%)
|
46 (25%)
|
|
No
|
209 (77%)
|
73 (80%)
|
136 (75%)
|
|
HBsAg positive
|
|
Yes
|
12 (4%)
|
3 (3%)
|
9 (5%)
|
|
No
|
261 (96%)
|
88 (97%)
|
173 (95%)
|
|
Anti-HCV positive
|
|
Yes
|
5 (2%)
|
1 (1%)
|
4 (2%)
|
|
No
|
268 (98%)
|
90 (99%)
|
174 (96%)
|
|
VRDL positive
|
|
Yes
|
56 (20%)
|
13 (14%)
|
43 (24%)
|
|
No
|
217 (80%)
|
78 (86%)
|
139 (76%)
|
