Determinants of Fertility Desire among Women Living with HIV in the Childbearing Age Attending Antiretroviral Therapy Clinic at Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia: A Facility-Based Case-Control Study
Table 4
Bivariate analysis of clinical characteristics of women living with HIV attending ART in Jimma University Medical Center, 2019 ().
Variables
Category
Cases () No. (%)
Controls () No. (%)
COR (95% CI)
values
Tested time of HIV
<1 year
13 (11.3)
34 (14.8)
0.7 (0.4-1.4)
0.368
≥1year
102 (88.7)
195 (85.7)
1
Started time of ART
<1 year
13 (11.3)
35 (15.3)
0.7 (0.3-1.4)
0.317
≥1 year
102 (88.7)
194 (84.7)
1
CD4 count
<350
25 (21.7)
71 (31.0)
1
≥350
90 (78.3)
158 (69.0)
1.6 (0.9-2.7)
0.072
Viral load
TND
78 (67.8)
131 (57.2)
1.6 (0.9-3.1)
0.129
<20
21 (18.3)
54 (23.6)
1.1 (0.5-2.3)
0.863
>20
16 (13.9)
44 (19.2)
1
Partner tested for HIV
Yes
64 (79.0)
81 (73.6)
1
No
17 (21)
29 (25.4)
0.7 (0.4-1.5)
0.391
Partner HIV status
Positive
47 (73.6)
54 (66.7)
1
Negative
17 (26.4)
27 (33.3)
0.7 (0.3-1.5)
0.379
Health status
Improving
105 (91.3)
202 (88.2)
1
Same
10 (8.7)
27 (11.8)
0.7 (0.3-1.5)
0.384
Discrimination by health professionals
Yes
12 (10.4)
19 (8.3)
1.2 (0.6-2.7)
0.514
No
103 (89.6)
210 (91.7)
1
Knowledge
Poor
59 (51.3)
81 (35.4)
1.9 (1.2-3.0)
0.005
Good
56 (48.7)
148 (64.6)
1
Key: value < 0.25; 1 = reference category; TND = target not detected.
