Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infection among HIV Positive Persons Who Are Naive and on Antiretroviral Treatment in Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital, Eastern Ethiopia

Table 3

Associating intestinal parasite with CD4 count and diarrheic and ART status among HIV positive study participants at Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital, Eastern Ethiopia, 2011.

Variables	No examined (% pos.)	Crude odds ratio (95% confidence interval)	𝑃 value	Adjusted odds ratio (95% confidence interval)	𝑃 value
CD4 count (cells/µL)
≥500	75 (30.7)	1		1
200–499	196 (28.6)	0.90 (0.51, 1.62)	0.734	0.78 (0.42, 1.42)	0.409
<200	100 (46)	1.93 (1.03, 3.61)	0.041	2.07 (1.06, 4.04)	0.034
Diarrheic status
Nondiarrheic	296 (28.7)	1		1
Diarrheic	75 (53.3)	2.84 (1.69, 4.77)	0.000	2.30 (1.34, 3.96)	0.003
ART status
On ART	259 (28.6)	1		1
Naïve ART	112 (45.5)	2.09 (1.32, 3.31)	0.002	2.60 (1.56, 4.34)	0.000