Prevalence and predictors of anemia among adult HIV infected patients at the University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

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Table 1 Baseline sociodemographic and clinical characteristics

Variables	Number of patients	Percent
1. Age category in years
18–30	153	37.9
31–49	227	56.2
≥50	24	5.9
2. Sex of the patient
Male	157	38.9
Female	247	61.1
3. BMI (kg/m^2)
<18.49	144	35.6
18.5–24.9	252	62.4
≥25	8	2

Table 2 Prevalence of anemia

Variable	Frequency	Percent
1. Presence of anemia at baseline and hemoglobin distribution (g/dL) (N=404)
Yes	133	32.9
≤7	4	1
7.1–9.9	19	4.7
10–11.9/12.9	110	27.2
No	271	67.1
2. Presence of anemia at 3rd month of HAART (n=50)
Yes	39	78
No	11	22
3. Presence of anemia after 6 months of HAART and hemoglobin distribution (g/dL) (N=404)
Yes	58	14.4
7.1–9.9	8	2.00
10–11.9/12.9	50	12.4
No	346	85.6
4. Presence of anemia after 12 months of HAART and hemoglobin distribution (g/dL) (N=404)
Yes	38	9.4
7.1–9.9	4	1.0
10–11.9/12.9	34	8.4
No	366	90.6

Table 3 Predictors of anemia before HAART initiation

Independent variable	Adjusted odds ratio (AOR)	P-value
BMI at the start of HAART 0.35
<18.5	0.99	–
18.5–24.9	0.99	–
≥24.9	1
CD4 count at the start of HAART
<200	1.9 (1.1–3.2)	0.01
≥200	1
Presence of opportunistic infection at baseline
Yes	3.0 (1.8–5.0)	0.000
No	1
Duration of HIV infection diagnosis before the start of HAART
≤6 months	1.8 (0.97–3.2)	0.06
≥7 months	1

Table 4 Predictors of anemia after 6 months on HAART

Independent variable	AOR	P-value
CD4 count at the start of HAART
<200	1.1 (0.5–2.3)	0.9
≥200	1
CD4 count after 6 months of HAART
<200	1.2 (0.6–2.3)	0.6
≥200	1
Duration of HIV diagnosis before the start of HAART
≤6 months	1.3 (0.7–2.5)	0.5
≥7 months	1
Documented opportunistic infection prior to HAART initiation
Yes	1.8 (0.96–3.5)	0.07
No	1
Presence of anemia at baseline
Yes	3.6 (2.0–6.7)	0.000
No	1

Table 5 Predictors of anemia after 12 months on HAART

Independent variable	Adjusted OR	P-value
Documented opportunistic infection prior to HAART initiation
Yes	1.2 (0.5–2.9)	0.7
No	1
Parasites identified at the start of HAART
Yes	6.8 (0.2–266.8)	0.3
No	1
CD4 count after 12 months of HAART
<200	2.2 (0.99–4.8)	0.05
≥200	1
Presence of anemia at the start of HAART
Yes	2.2 (0.99–4.8)	0.05
No	1
Presence of anemia after 6 months of HAART
Yes	9.1 (4.1–19.9)	0.000
No	1

Availability of data and materials

The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.