Factors Associated with Anemia among People Living with HIV/AIDS Taking ART in Ethiopia

Table 4

Logistic regression analysis showing the association between patient characteristics and anemia among people living with HIV/AIDS (n = 301).

Variables	β	SE	Wald χ^2	OR (95%CI)	P value
Gender	0.81	0.31	6.80	2.26[1.22, 4.16]	0.01
WBC count	0.83	0.29	7.99	2.30[1.29, 4.09]	0.01
Platelet count	1.06	0.55	3.80	2.89[0.99, 8.41]	0.05
Nutritional stats	0.72	0.55	17.92	2.05[0.69, 6.02]	0.00
WHO HIV/AIDS clinical staging	1.31	0.35	14.31	3.69[1.86, 7.31]	0.00

Note. HIV/AIDS = Human Immune Deficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, SE = standard error, WBC = white blood cells, OR = odds ratio, CI = confidence interval.