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 4
Factors associated with nutritional status of HIV/AIDS patients attending ART in public health facilities, West Shewa Zone, Ethiopia, 2017.
Variable
Undernourished
COR (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
No
Yes
Number (%)
Number (%)
Sex
Male
196 (81.3)
45 (18.7)
1
1
Female
190 (72.0)
74 (28.0)
1.7 (1.1–2.6)
1.4 (0.8–2.3)
Marital status
Single
67 (72.8)
25 (27.2)
1.4 (0.8–2.3)
1.3 (0.4–4.3)
Married
263 (78.1)
74 (21.9)
1
1
Widowed
34 (66.7)
17 (33.3)
1.5 (1.1–2.9)
1.7 (0.4–5.7)
Divorced/separated
21 (88.0)
3 (12.0)
0.7 (0.2–2.1)
0.5 (0.1–4.8)
Education
Illiterate
126 (69.6)
55 (30.4)
1.6 (1.1–2.4)
1.2 (0.7–2.3)
Literate
260 (80.2)
64 (19.8)
1
1
Occupation
Employed
337 (79.2)
86 (20.8)
1
1
Unemployed
49 (59.8)
33 (40.2)
4.1 (2.4–7.0)
3.4 (1.8–5.3)
WHO clinical stage
Stages I/II
123 (90.4)
13 (9.6)
1
1
Stages III/IV
263 (70.5)
106 (28.8)
3.4 (1.9–6.0)
3.3 (1.8–6.5)
CD4 count
<350 cells/μl
281 (72.7)
107 (27.6)
2.6 (1.4–4.9)
2.0 (1.8–4.2)
≥350 cells/μl
105 (89.7)
12 (10.3)
1
1
Tuberculosis
Yes
38 (60.3)
25 (39.7)
2.5 (1.4–4.3)
2.3 (1.3–4.9)
No
348 (78.7)
94 (21.3)
1
1
ART duration
<44 months
183 (70.1)
78 (29.9)
2.1 (1.4–3.2)
1.8 (1.2–2.9)
≥44 months
203 (73.2)
41 (16.8)
1
1
Food security
Secure
297 (90.8)
30 (9.2)
1
1
Insecure
84 (47.2)
94 (52.8)
8.1 (5.9–12.8)
5.3 (2.5–8.3)
Note. Each adjusted odds ratio is adjusted for the remaining variables shown in the table. ART = antiretroviraltherapy; AOR = adjusted odds ratio; COR = crude odds ratio. value < 0.05; value < 0.01.
