Prevalence of Cognitive Impairment and Its Predictors among HIV/AIDS Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy in Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 3

Clinical characteristics of HIV-positive patients attending JUMC, Jimma, Ethiopia, 2018 (N = 328).

Clinical factors		Frequency	Percentage (%)
Comorbid hypertension	Yes	75	22.9
	No	253	77.1
Duration of illness since diagnosis (years)	<2	71	21.6
	≥2	257	78.4
CD4 T-cell count (cell/μl)	<200	80	24.4
	200-350	55	16.8
	351-500	88	26.8
	≥500	105	32.0
Plasma HIV-1 RNA load (copies/ml)	<1.7log10	174	53
	1.7log10-3log10	97	29.6
	≥3log10	57	17.4
Duration of ART use (years)	<2	78	23.8
	2-5	93	28.4
	≥5	157	50.8
WHO clinical stage of the disease	Stage I	265	80.8
	Stage II	37	11.3
	Stage III or IV	26	7.9