Food Insecurity among People Living with HIV/AIDS on ART Follower at Public Hospitals of Western Ethiopia
Table 3
Bivariate logistic regression analysis and a test for difference in proportions of factors associated with food insecurity among people living with HIV/AIDS on follow up at public hospitals of western Ethiopia, 2019 ().
Variables
Food insecurity
AOR with 95% CI
Sex
Yes
No
Male
71 (36.4%)
124 (63.6%)
1.572 (1.036, 2.386)
Female
59 (26.7%)
162 (73.3%)
1
Marital status
Married
90 (34.6%)
170 (65.4%)
2.426 (1.236, 4.764)
Single
22 (36.1%)
39 (63.9%)
2.585 (1.145, 5.837)
Divorced
6 (21.4%)
22 (78.6%)
1.250 (0.417, 3.746)
Widowed
12 (17.9%)
55 (82.1%)
1
Educational status
Illiterate
72 (63.2%)
42 (36.8%)
4.200 (1.530, 11.530)
Can read and write
73 (68.9%)
33 (31.1%)
3.255 (1.172, 9.042)
Completed primary
54 (66.7%)
27 (33.3%)
3.600 (1.268, 10.219)
Completed secondary
51 (68.9%)
23 (31.1%)
3.247 (1.128, 9.345)
Completed college/university
36 (87.8%)
5 (12.2%)
1
Occupation
Farmer
39 (86.7%)
6 (13.3%)
1
Merchant
60 (69.8%)
26 (30.2%)
2.817 (1.062, 7.467)
Employee
97 (68.8%)
44 (31.2%)
2.948 (1.163, 7.476)
Daily laborer
90 (62.5%)
54 (37.5%)
3.900 (1.549, 9.819)
Place of residence
Urban
87 (37.3%)
146 (62.7%)
1.940 (1.259, 2.991)
Rural
43 (23.5%)
140 (76.5%)
1
Family size
≤3
83 (35.2%)
153 (64.8%)
2.387 (1.143, 4.987)
4-5
37 (29.4%)
89 (70.6%)
1.829 (0.833, 4.016)
>5
10 (18.5%)
44 (81.5%)
1
HIV/AIDS stage
Stage one
158 (64.5%)
87 (35.5%)
1
Stage two
41 (70.7%)
17 (29.3%)
0.753 (0.404, 1.404)
Stage three
80 (78.4%)
22 (21.6%)
0.499 (0.291, 0.857)
Stage four
7 (63.6%)
4 (36.4%)
1.038 (0.296, 3.644)
Anemia
Yes
137 (63.4%)
79 (36.6%)
1.685 (1.105, 2.568)
No
149 (74.5%)
51 (25.5%)
1
Opportunistic infection
Yes
136 (83.4%)
27 (16.6%)
3.459 (2.134, 5.607)
No
150 (59.3%)
103 (40.7%)
1
Types of opportunistic diseases
Diarrhea
32 (82.0%)
7 (18.0%)
5.264 (1.540, 17.993)
TB
12 (75%)
4 (25%)
1.677 (.392, 7.184)
Oral trash
13 (72.2%)
5 (27.8%)
2.556 (0.490, 13.329)
Pneumocystis Carii pneumonia
56 (87.5%)
8 (12.5%)
2.949 (0.605, 14.383)
Others®
23 (88.5%)
3 (11.5%)
1
Cigarette smoking
Yes
154 (60.6%)
100 (39.4%)
2.857 (1.786, 4.570)
No
132 (81.5%)
30 (18.5%)
1
Dietary diversity
Adequate
12 (48%)
13 (52%)
1
Inadequate
274 (70.1%)
117 (29.9%)
2.537 (1.124, 5.725)
Others® = (skin infection, Asthma), = Significant at .
