Table 3 Baseline clinical and antiretroviral medication-related information among adult HIV patients on first-line ART in Amhara regional referral hospitals, Ethiopia from September 2015 to December 2018 (N = 490)
Variables | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Past opportunistic infection | ||
 Yes | 150 | 30.61 |
 No | 340 | 69.39 |
CPT | ||
 Yes | 271 | 55.31 |
 No | 219 | 44.69 |
INH | ||
 Yes | 125 | 25.51 |
 No | 265 | 74.49 |
TB/HIV co-infection | ||
 Yes | 92 | 18.78 |
 No | 398 | 81.22 |
Baseline functional status | ||
 Working | 385 | 78.57 |
 Ambulatory/Bedridden | 105 | 21.43 |
Adherence on ART | ||
 Good | 414 | 84.49 |
 Fair/poor | 76 | 15.51 |
First-line drug regimen | ||
 EFV based | 437 | 89.18 |
 NVP based | 53 | 10.82 |
Baseline hemoglobin level(g/dl) | ||
 Anemic | 106 | 21.63 |
 Not anemic | 384 | 78.37 |
Baseline clinical WHO stage | ||
 Stage I/II | 304 | 62.04 |
 Stage III/IV | 186 | 37.96 |
Body mass index | ||
 Severely underweight | 64 | 13.06 |
 Moderate underweight | 94 | 19.18 |
 Normal | 278 | 56.73 |
 Overweight | 54 | 11.02 |