Severity and Determinants of Anemia in TB/HIV Coinfected Adults at Mekelle, Ethiopia: Hospital Based Retrospective Study
Table 3
Determinants of TB/HIV-associated anemia of patients initiated ART in two public hospitals of Mekelle, Ethiopia, 2009–2016 (n = 305).
Independent variables
Category
AOR (95% CI)
Standard error
value
Sex
Male
1.000 (reference category)
Female
0.380 (0.226; 0.640)
0.101
<0.001
BMI (kg/m2)
0.913 (0.836; 0.998)
0.041
0.044
Functional status
Working
1.000 (reference category)
Ambulatory
2.139 (1.189; 3.846)
0.640
0.011
Bedridden
2.208 (1.002; 4.863)
0.889
0.049
WHO clinical stage
I Or II
1.000 (reference category)
III
2.565 (1.030; 6.384)
1.193
0.043
IV
2.590 (1.006; 6.669)
1.250
0.049
CD4+ cell count (cells/mm3)
>200
1.000 (reference category)
≤200
1.666 (0.830; 3.328)
0.588
0.148
Serum AST level (IU/l)
1.003 (0.997; 1.009)
0.003
0.369
AOR: adjusted odds ratio, BMI: body mass index, CI: confidence interval, : significant at 5% level of significance, : significant at 1% level of significance.
