Prevalence and Clinical Spectrum of Liver Disease in Nepalese HIV-Sero-Positive Patients Undergoing Antiretroviral Therapy: A Cross-Sectional Hospital Based Study

Table 3

Patients characteristics and frequency of liver injury.

	Liver injury		Total
	Abnormal	Normal	Patients
	(%)	(%)
Sex				0.006
Male	55 (38.19)	25 (17.36)	80
Female	26 (18.05)	35 (24.30)	61
Transgender	1 (0.69)	2 (1.38)	3
Alcoholics				0.403
Yes	32 (22.22)	20 (13.88)	52
No	50 (34.72)	42 (29.16)	92
CD4 cell count				0.074
<50	5 (3.47)	2 (1.38)	7
50–100	2 (1.38)	8 (5.55)	10
>100–<200	21 (14.58)	12 (8.33)	33
200–500	49 (34.02)	39 (27.08)	88
>500	5 (3.47)	1 (0.69)	6
Opportunistic infection				0.869
TB	8 (5.55)	1 (2.70)	9
HCV	5 (3.47)	3 (4.10)	8
HCV + HBV	1 (0.69)	0 (0.00)	1
None	68 (47.22)	58 (40.27)	126
ART				0.324
NVP	25 (17.36)	26 (18.05)	51
EFV	51 (35.41)	31 (37.50)	82
Others	6 (4.16)	5 (3.47)	11