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Table 5 Person to whom patients disclosed their HIV/AIDS status (n = 339)

From: Determinants of undernutrition among adult patients receiving antiretroviral therapy at Debre Markos referral hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: a case-control study design

To Whom Patients Disclosed

Cases [no (%)]

Controls [no (%)]

Parents

14 (17)

37 (14)

Religious father

14 (17)

77 (30)

Wife

15 (18)

53 (21)

Husband

8 (10)

46 (18)

Brother

12 (15)

27 (11)

Sister

12 (15)

20 (8)

Relatives

9 (11)

25 (10)

Child

23 (28)

50 (19)

Friend

2 (2)

17 (7)