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Table 1 Socio-demographic, clinical and treatment related characteristics of the study participants in Northwest Ethiopia, 2016

From: Prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and associated factors among Visceral Leishmaniasis infected patients in Northwest Ethiopia: a facility based cross-sectional study

Variables

Frequency

Percent

Sex

 Male

446

96.50

 Female

16

3.50

Age (years), mean (±SD) = 26.47 (±9.19)

  ≤ 10

8

1.73

 11–20

121

26.19

 21–30

223

48.27

 31–40

71

15.37

 41–50

28

6.06

  ≥ 51

11

2.38

Religion

 Orthodox Christian

440

95.24

 Muslim

21

4.55

 Protestant

1

0.22

Ethnicity

 Amhara

315

68.33

 Tigray

125

27.11

 Kimant

10

2.17

 Oromo

5

1.08

 Others

6

1.30

Residence

 Urban

230

49.78

 Rural

232

50.22

Education level

 Not read and write

230

49.80

 Read and write

51

11.00

 First cycle (1–8) & above

181

39.20

Marital status

 Single

313

67.75

 Married

97

21.00

 Divorced

52

11.26

Employment

 Farmer

221

47.84

 Daily laborer

138

29.87

 Government employed

8

1.73

 Non government employed

15

3.25

 Merchant

74

16.02

 Housewife

6

1.29

CD4+ count (mg/dl), mean (114.41)

  < 100

314

67.97

  ≥ 100

148

32.03

Observed Hb, mean (±SD) = 8.54 (±2.15)

  < 8.54

225

48.7

  ≥ 8.54

231

50.0

Adjusted Hb, mean (±SD) = 8.29 (±2.14)

  < 8.29

220

47.6

  ≥ 8.29

236

51.1

Spleen size, mean (±SD) = 7.66 (±4.88)

  < 15

346

74.9

  ≥ 15

35

7.6

Duration of ART for HIV-VL patients

 Not started

32

39.02

  < 12 months

11

13.41

 12–36 months

19

23.17

  ≥ 37

20

24.39

Duration of VL treatment

  ≤ 5 days

172

37.23

 6–15 days

98

21.21

  ≥ 16 days

192

41.56