Treatment outcomes and their determinants in HIV patients on Anti-retroviral Treatment Program in selected health facilities of Kembata and Hadiya zones, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region, Ethiopia

Table 2 Clinical characteristics of patients in four selected health facilities of Kembata and Hadiya zones, 2007–2011 (n = 730)

Variables		Number	Percents
Opportunistic illness before initiation of ART	Had above one opportunistic infections	201	27.5 %
	Had one opportunistic infection	280	38.4 %
	No opportunistic Infection	249	34.1 %
Opportunistic illness after initiation of ART	Had above one opportunistic infections	26	3.5
	Had one opportunistic infection	170	23.3
	No opportunistic infection	534	73.2
CPT prophylaxis	Present	461	63.2 %
CPT prophylaxis	Absent	269	36.8 %
Functional status	Working	495	68 %
	Bedridden	39	5.4 %
	Ambulatory	194	26.6 %
	Unknown	2	0.003 %
WHO clinical stage	Stage I	101	14.0 %
	Stage II	148	20.4 %
	Stage III	413	57.0 %
	Stage IV	62	8.6 %
	Unknown	2	0.003 %
Hemoglobin (g/dl)	<10	110	15.1 %
Hemoglobin (g/dl)	≥10	620	84.9 %
CD4 counts at baseline	≤50 cells/mm³	106	14.5 %
	51 - 200 cells/mm³	398	54.5 %
	201 - 350 cell/mm³	195	26.7 %
	>350 cell/mm³	31	4.2 %
Weight at baseline	≤45	160	21.9 %
	46 – 55	329	45.1 %
	56 – 65	184	25.2 %
	>65	57	7.8 %
Regimen at baseline	1a = d4t-3TC-NVP	268	37.0 %
	1b = d4t-3TC-EFV	67	9.3 %
	1c = AZT-3TC-NVP	197	27.2 %
	1d = AZT-3TC-EFV	51	7.0 %
	TDF-3TC_NVP	141	19.5 %
	Unknown	6	0.008 %
Regimen adherence	Good	675	92.5
	Fair	18	2.4
	Poor	37	5.1
Treatment outcome	On treatment	423	57.9 %
	Dead	92	12.6 %
	Stopped	4	.5 %
	Lost	17	2.3 %
	Transfer out	109	14.9 %
	Drop	85	11.6 %

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