BioMed Research International / 2018 / Article / Tab 3 / Research Article
Food Insecurity, Nutritional Status, and Factors Associated with Malnutrition among People Living with HIV/AIDS Attending Antiretroviral Therapy at Public Health Facilities in West Shewa Zone, Central Ethiopia Table 3 Nutritional status of HIV/AIDS patients attending antiretroviral therapy in public health facilities, West Shewa Zone, Ethiopia, 2017.
Variables Undernourished -value valueNo Yes Number (%) Number (%) Age 18–24 31 (81.6) 7 (18.4) 0.6 0.968 25–34 134 (76.6) 42 (23.4) 35–44 146 (75.7) 47 (24.3) 45–54 62 (75.6) 20 (24.4) >54 13 (76.5) 4 (23.5) Sex Male 196 (81.3) 45 (18.7) 6.8 0.009 Female 190 (72.0) 74 (28.0) Residence Rural 263 (75.1) 87 (24.9) 1.1 0.299 Urban 123 (79.3) 32 (20.7) Marital status Single 67 (72.8) 25 (27.2) 8.8 0.032 Married 263 (78.1) 74 (21.9) Widowed 34 (66.7) 17 (33.3) Divorced/separated 21 (88.0) 3 (12.0) Ethnicity Oromo 316 (75.8) 101 (24.2) 2.5 0.293 Amhara 55 (77.5) 16 (22.5) Others 15 (88.2) 2 (11.8) Religion Protestant 139 (78.5) 38 (21.5) 1.3 0.72 Orthodox 223 (74.6) 76 (25.4) Muslim 20 (83.3) 4 (16.7) Others 4 (80.0) 1 (20.0) Education Illiterate 126 (69.6) 55 (30.4) 7.1 0.004 Literate 260 (80.2) 64 (19.8) Occupation Employed 337 (79.2) 86 (20.8) 28.9 0.0001 Unemployed 49 (59.8) 33 (40.2) WHO clinical Stage Stage I 45 (91.8) 4 (8.2) 30.8 0.0001 Stage II 78 (89.7) 9 (10.3) Stage III 183 (75.9) 58 (24.1) Stage IV 80 (62.5) 48 (37.5) CD4 count <350 cells/μ l 281 (72.7) 107 (27.6) 8.7 0.003 ≥350 cells/μ l 105 (89.7) 12 (10.3) Tuberculosis Yes 38 (60.3) 25 (39.7) 10.1 0.002 No 348 (78.7) 94 (21.3) ART duration <44 months 183 (70.1) 78 (29.9) 8.3 0.004 ≥44 months 203 (73.2) 41 (16.8) Household food security Secure 295 (90.2) 32 (9.8) 118.5 0.0001 insecure 91 (51.1) 87 (48.9) Total 386 (76.4) 119 (23.6)