Assessment of Prevalence of Malnutrition and Its Associated Factors among AIDS Patients from Asella, Oromia, Ethiopia

Table 3

Food- and lifestyle-related characteristics of the study participants in Asella Town, Southeast Ethiopia.

Variables ()	Frequency	Percentage (%)
Ever had nutritional counseling
Yes	512	98.7
No	7	1.3
Type of counseling
Drugs	408	78.6
Infection/illness	31	6
General feeding	461	88.8
Ever smoked
Yes	80	15.4
No	439	84.6
Currently smoking
Yes	9	1.7
No	510	98.3
Ever-drunk alcohol
Yes	199	38.3
No	320	61.7
Currently drinking
Yes	10	1.9
No	509	98.1
Ever-used khat/shisha
Yes	131	25.2
No	388	74.8
Currently used khat/shisha
Yes	20	3.9
No	499	96.1
Ever had hard drugs (cocaine, morphine, etc.)
Yes	17	3.3
No	502	96.7