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Table 3 Types and proportions of opportunistic diseases diagnosed among study participant during one year follow-up period, September 2013 to August 2014

From: Magnitude of opportunistic diseases and their predictors among adult people living with HIV enrolled in care: national level cross sectional study, Ethiopia

Opportunistic Disease

Frequency (prevalence)

Frequency at hospital (prevalence)

Frequency at health Center (prevalence)

OR, at hospitals compared to health centers (95% CI)

Skin diseases

318 (4.1%)

169 (4.5%)

149 (3.7%)

1.13 (0.90, 1.43)

Diarrhea

317 (4.1%)

126 (3.4%)

191 (4.5%)

0.66 (0.52, 0.83)

Bacterial pneumonia

281 (3.6%)

197 (5.3%)

84 (2.1%)

2.35 (1.80, 3.05)

Recurrent upper respiratory tract infections

242 (3.1%)

113 (3.0%)

129 (3.2%)

0.88 (0.68, 1.14)

Tuberculosis

206 (2.7%)

98 (2.6%)

108 (2.6%)

0.91 (0.69, 1.20)

Oro-pharyngeal candidiasis

123 (1.6%)

82 (2.2%)

41 (1.0%)

2.00 (1.37, 2.92)

Severe bacterial infection

78 (1.0%)

50 (1.3%)

28 (0.7%)

1.79 (1.12, 2.85)

Perianal problems

31 (0.4%)

23 (0.6%)

8 (0.2%)

2.88 (1.28, 6.44)

Toxoplasma Gondi encephalitis

19 (0.2%)

17 (0.5%)

2 (0.1%)

8.50 (1.96, 36.84)

Pneumocystis pneumonia

13 (0.2%)

12 (0.3%)

1 (0.0%)

12.00 (1.56, 92.37)

Herpes simplex

12 (0.2%)

11 (0.3%)

1 (0.0%)

11.00 (1.42, 85.28)

Cryptoccoccal meningitis

8 (0.1%)

7 (0.2%)

1 (0.0%)

7.00 (0.86, 56.95)

Lymphoma

2 (0.0%)

1 (0.0%)

1 (0.0%)

1.00 (0.06, 16.00)

Other OIs

15 (0.2%)

11 (0.3%)

4 (0.1%)

2.75 (0.87, 8.65)

Total

1665 (21.3%)

917 (24.5%)

748 (18.3%)

1.23 (1.09, 1.37)