Severity and Determinants of Anemia in TB/HIV Coinfected Adults at Mekelle, Ethiopia: Hospital Based Retrospective Study

Table 1

Baseline socio-demographic characteristics of TB/HIV coinfected patients initiated ART in two public hospitals of Mekelle, Ethiopia, 2009–2016 (n = 305).

Socio-demographic characteristic	Severity of anemia				Prevalence rate (number of anemia cases per 100 TB/HIV coinfected adults)	value
	Nonanemia n (%)	Mild anemia n (%)	Moderate anemia n (%)	Severe anemia n (%)
Sex
Male	47 (31.8)	57 (38.5)	37 (25.0)	7 (4.7)	68.2	0.001
Female	78 (49.7)	18 (11.5)	49 (31.2)	12 (7.6)	50.2
Baseline age in years (median & IQR)					35 (29–40)	0.320
Educational status
No education	25 (38.5)	15 (23.1)	21 (32.3)	4 (6.2)	61.5	0.194
Primary	30 (33.3)	24 (26.7)	31 (34.4)	5 (5.6)	66.7
Secondary	57 (47.9)	24 (20.2)	28 (23.5)	10 (8.4)	52.1
Tertiary	13 (41.9)	12 (38.7)	6 (19.4)	0 (0.0)	58.1
Marital status
Single	30 (43.5)	14 (20.3)	21 (30.4)	4 (5.8)	56.5	0.639
Married	55 (42.6)	34 (26.4)	30 (23.3)	10 (7.8)	57.4
Others^a	40 (37.4)	27 (25.2)	35 (32.7)	5 (4.7)	62.6
Religion
Orthodox	122 (41.6)	72 (24.6)	83 (28.3)	16 (5.5)	58.4	0.251
Muslim	3 (25.0)	3 (25.0)	3 (25.0)	3 (25.0)	75.0
Place of residence
Urban	90 (40.5)	51 (23.0)	69 (31.1)	12 (5.4)	59.5	0.797
Rural	35 (42.2)	24 (28.9)	17 (20.5)	7 (8.4)	57.8

Others^a: widowed/divorced/separated, IQR: interquartile range.