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Table 4 Clinical factors associated with HIV/AIDS patients’ attrition from care in Ethiopia (2005–2019)

From: HIV patients retention and attrition in care and their determinants in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Variables

No*

Sample

OR (95% CI)

I2 (%)

P-value

ART adherence

 Good

5

6080

1

98.1

< 0.001

 Poor/fair

  

6.60 (1.41–30.97)**

  

Functional status

 Working

12

9954

1

92.1

< 0.001

 Ambulatory/bedridden

  

2.11 (1.33–3.34)**

  

Opportunistic disease

 Yes

8

7574

1

94.3

< 0.001

 No

  

0.52 (0.30–0.90)**

  

Recorded appointment

    

< 0.001

 Yes

2

2518

1

97.6

 

 No

  

0.7 (0.17–2.88)

  

BMI

 Normal (> 18.5)

4

2260

1

70.7

0.017

 Underweight (< 18.5)

  

2.21 (1.45–3.39)**

  

side effects

 Yes

2

1196

1

98.8

< 0.001

 No

  

0.83 (0.03–26.98)

  

INH

 Took INH

4

2275

1

97.7

< 0.001

 Not took INH

  

3.42 (0.57–20.51)

  

Health facility

 Health center

2

11,717

1

84.5

0.011

 Hospital

  

1.23 (0.58–2.62)

  

Baseline WHO stage

 I and II

12

21,509

1

92

< 0.001

 III and IV

  

1.85 (1.36–2.51)**

  

Baseline CD4 level

  < 200

8

19,134

1

98.3

< 0.001

  > 200

  

1.09 (0.49–2.41)

  

Hemoglobin

 Anemic (< 10 g/ml)

2

815

1

0

0.35

 Normal (> 10 g/ml)

  

0.29 (0.20–0.42)**

  
  1. No*---stands for numbers of articles, ** significant at p-value < 0.05