Research Article
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 |
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