Long-Term Immunological and Virological Outcomes in Children Receiving Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy at Hawassa University College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Southern Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of HIV-infected children at Hawassa University Hospital ().

Variables	Category	Frequency (%)
Age in years	≤7	53 (19.4)
	>7	220 (80.6)
Mean age (SD)
Sex	Male	139 (50.9)
	Female	134 (49.1)
Residence	Urban	49 (17.9)
	Rural	224 (82.1)
Educational status	Did not begin	38 (13.9)
	Primary	219 (80.2)
	Secondary	16 (5.9)
Family size	≤3	46 (16.8)
	4-7	192 (70.3)
	>7	35 (12.8)
Diarrheal disease	Yes	17 (6.2)
	No	256 (93.8)
Intestinal parasites	Yes	38 (13.9)
	No	235 (86.1)
Malaria	Yes	5 (1.8)
	No	268 (98.2)
TB	Yes	7 (2.6%)
	No	266 (97.4)
URTI and LRTI	Yes	9 (3.3)
	No	264 (96.7)
Skin infection	Yes	3 (1.1)
	No	270 (98.9)
Temperature (°C)	≤37	261 (95.6)
	>37	12 (4.4)
Other medications	No	229 (83.9)
	Cotrimoxazole	31 (11.4)
	Amoxicillin	5 (1.8)
	Augmentin	2 (0.7)
	Nutritional supplement	6 (2.2)

SD: standard deviation; TB: tuberculosis; URTI: upper respiratory tract infection; LRTI: lower respiratory tract infection.