Magnitude of Anemia and Associated Factors among HIV-Infected Children Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy in Pastoral Community, Ethiopia: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Characteristics of the study participants by anemia status of HIV-infected children aged 6 months to 15 years, in the Afar region, Ethiopia, 2018.

Variable	Category	Anemia status			value
		Yes, n (%)	No, n (%)	Total, n (%)
Child age	Preschool age (<7 years)	17 (30.9)	18 (38.3)	35 (34.3)	0.433
	School age and above (≥7 years)	38 (69.1)	29 (61.7)	67 (65.7)
Child sex	Male	25 (45.5)	31 (66)	56 (54.9)	0.038
	Female	30 (54.5)	16 (34)	46 (45.1)
Residence	Rural	45 (81.8)	36 (76.6)	81 (79.4)	0.516
	Urban	10 (18.2)	11 (23.4)	21 (20.6)