Factors Associated with Anemia among People Living with HIV/AIDS Taking ART in Ethiopia
Table 2
Sociodemographic characteristics and their association with anemia under unadjusted logistic regression analysis (n = 301).
Sociodemographic variables
Frequency (%)
Anemia status
OR (95%CI)
Χ2
P value
Anemic frequency (%)
Not anemic frequency (%)
104(34.6)
197(65.4)
Age in complete years (median age = 38 ± 10.38)
4.56
0.11
18 - 29
53(17.6)
20
33
0.64[0.33, 1.26]
30 - 39
119(39.5)
48
71
0.57[0.34, 0.97]
≥ 40
129(42.9)
36
93
∗∗
Gender
6.89
0.01∗
Female
187(62.1)
75
112
1.96[1.18, 3.28]
Male
114(37.9)
29
85
∗∗
Residence
0.43
0.51
Urban
271(90)
92
179
1.30[0.60, 2.81]
Rural
30(10)
12
18
∗∗
Religion
0.59
0.44
Christian
261(86.7)
88
173
1.31[0.66, 2.59]
Muslim
40(13.3)
16
24
∗∗
Ethnic group
0.19
0.91
Amhara
114(37.9)
40
74
1.07[0.54, 2.11]
Oromo
135(44.9)
45
90
1.15[0.59, 2.25]
Other
52(17.3)
19
33
∗∗
Marital status
0.86
0.35
Married
150(49.8)
48
102
1.25[0.78, 2.02]
Unmarried
151(50.2)
56
95
Educational status
3.00
0.60
Not read and write
52(17.3)
19
33
0.52[0.21, 1.33]
Read and write
63(20.9)
23
40
0.52[0.21, 1.29]
Primary school
87(28.9)
30
57
0.57[0.24, 1.36]
Secondary school
60(19.9)
23
37
0.48[0.20, 1.20]
College and above
39(13.0)
9
30
∗∗
Occupation
5.34
0.02∗
Unemployed
152(50.5)
43
109
0.57[0.35, 0.92]
Employed
149(49.5)
61
88
∗∗
Note. Religion: Christian includes orthodox, protestant, and catholic. Ethnic group: other includes Gurage and Tigre. Marital status: Unmarried includes living together, widowed, single, and divorced. Occupation:unemployed includes merchant, housewife, student, farmer, and daily laborer. Employed includes private and governmental employees. Statistical significance at 95% CI, P < 0.05; ∗∗ reference; ∗ statistically significant.
