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Table 6 Factors associated with undernutrition among Adult Patients receiving ART, Debre Markos referral hospital, Debre Markos Ethiopia

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

 

Model 1: Bivariate

Model 2: Demographics

Model 3: Clinical Factors

Model 4: Social Support

Socio-Demographic Characteristics

 Male

0.903

0.816

0.792

0.870

[0.64,1.27]

[0.57,1.17]

[0.53,1.19]

[0.57,1.32]

 Age

1.018 *

1.023*

1.025*

1.024 *

[1.00,1.04]

[1.00,1.04]

[1.00,1.05]

[1.01,1.05]

 Has Children

0.853

0.703^

0.737

0.810

[0.60,1.21]

[0.48,1.02]

[0.48,1.12]

[0.52,1.25]

 Secondary Education or Higher

0.849

0.908

1.026

1.129

[0.59,1.21]

[0.63,1.32]

[0.67,1.56]

[0.72,1.76]

 Urban Residence

0.689

0.735

0.900

1.019

[0.44,1.08]

[0.46,1.16]

[0.53,1.53]

[0.59,1.77]

Clinical Characteristics

 Experienced Opportunistic Infections

2.769 ***

 

1.695**

1.686 *

[1.97,3.89]

 

[1.14,2.51]

[1.12,2.52]

 Experienced Anemia

2.052**

 

1.863*

1.812 *

[1.31,3.21]

 

[1.11,3.13]

[1.07,3.07]

 Experienced Eating Problems

5.089 ***

 

3.813***

3.400 ***

[3.57,7.26]

 

[2.57,5.65]

[2.27,5.10]

 Level of Adherence

  Good

0.240***

 

Base

Base

[0.15,0.39]

   

  Fair

2.920***

 

2.792**

2.774 **

[0.15,0.39]

 

[1.44,5.43]

[1.40,5.50]

  Poor

5.611***

 

4.904***

4.722 ***

[2.55,12.4]

 

[2.04,11.8]

[1.92,11.6]

 Baseline CD4 Count

  CD4 count of less than 200 cells/ul

1.953***

 

Base

Base

[1.39,2.75]

   

  CD4 count between 200 and 350 cells/ul

0.637*

 

0.621*

0.614 *

[0.43,0.94]

 

([0.40,0.97]

[0.39,0.96]

  CD4 count greater than 350 cells/ul

0.548*

 

0.504*

0.488 *

[0.33,0.90]

 

[0.28,0.89]

[0.27,0.88]

Socio-Economic Support

 Access to Public Services (housing, water, electricity)

0.616 *

  

1.062

[0.42,0.90]

  

[0.67,1.69]

 Has disclosed HIV status

0.410 ***

  

0.639 *

[0.29,0.57]

  

[0.43,0.95]

 Has an informal caregiver

0.398 ***

  

0.475 **

[0.25,0.64]

  

[0.27,0.84]

 Owns a phone

0.530 ***

  

0.722

[0.38,0.74]

  

[0.47,1.11]

Observations

636

636

635

AIC

810.8

694.9

684.1

  1. Odds ratios reported; standard errors in parentheses
  2. ^p < 0.10, * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001