Variables Category COR (95% CI) valueSex Female 7.72 (4.32, 13.8) 0.002 Male 1.00 Age (years) 0.99 (0.96, 1.02) 0.23 Educational status Illiterate 1.79 (0.74, 4.34) 0.52 Primary/secondary 0.71 (0.41, 1.21) 0.06 College and above 1.00 Occupational status Housewife 1.00 Employer 0.32 (0.12, 0.85) 0.02 Merchant 0.94 (0.17, 5.34) 0.19 Pensioners 0.13 (0.05, 0.36) 0.04 Unemployed 0.56 (0.13, 2.29) 0.26 Marital status Married 1.00 Never married 0.73 (0.33, 1.60) 0.15 Widowed 3.00 (1.02, 8.85) 0.03 Divorced 0.74 (0.37, 1.51) 0.06 WHO clinical stage Stage I 1.00 Stage II 2.76 (1.37, 5.56) 0.01 Stage III 1.80 (0.91, 3.50) 0.23 Stage IV 1.30 (0.63, 267) 0.17 Duration on ART (months) <59 months 1.00 60–107 months 0.86 (0.41, 1.84) 0.19 >107 months 1.15 (0.58, 2.31) 0.08 Type of regimen AZT + 3TC + NPV 1.00 AZT + 3TC + EFV 3.63 (0.77, 17, 11) 0.06 TDF + 3TC + EFV 0.54 (0.28, 1.05) 0.13 TDF + 3TC + NPV 0.94 (0.35, 2.50) 0.21 ABC + 3TC + ATZ 0.18 (0.05, 0.67) 0.04 ABC + 3TC + ATV/r 0.35 (0.12, 0.98) 0.02 Baseline CD4 counts (cells/mm3 ) <200 0.22 (0.03, 1.73) 0.17 200–349 0.12 (0.01, 1.00) 0.15 350–499 0.15 (0.02, 1.35) 0.21 >500 1.00 Current CD4 counts (cells/mm3 ) <200 0.34 (0.16, 0.73) <0.001 200–349 0.53 (0.29, 0.99) 0.24 350–499 1.15 (0.61, 2.18) 0.11 >500 1.00 Current viral load (copies/ml) ≤1000 counts ≥1001 counts 1.00 0.50 (0.24, 1.04) 0.16 Body mass index (BMI) 1.23 (1.15, 1.32) <0.001 Smoked cigarette Yes 1.46 (0.48, 4.43) 0.18 No 1.00 Consumed alcohol Yes 0.86 (0.55, 1.34) 0.30 No 1.00 Physical activity Yes 1.00 0.17 No 0.81 (0.50, 1.29) Dietary/diversity score Diversified 1.05 (0.68, 1.61) 0.14 Undiversified 1.00 Depression status Normal 1.00 Abnormal 0.76 (0.43, 1.35) 0.34 Total cholesterol (TC) Normal 1.00 Abnormal 0.54 (0.35, 0.84) 0.02 Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) Normal 1.00 Abnormal 1.83 (1.15, 2.89) 0.01 High-density lipoprotein (HDL) Normal 1.00 Abnormal 1.62 (0.98, 2.69) 0.23 Total triglyceride (TG) Normal 1.00 Abnormal 1.41 (0.83, 2.40) 0.12 Blood pressure (BP) Normal 1.00 Abnormal 1.55 (0.95, 2.54) 0.21 Fasting blood glucose (FBS) 1.002 (0.99, 1.01) 0.16