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Table 3 Chi-square associations of variables with immune status among ART-naïve study participants in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

From: Associations of gender and serum total cholesterol with CD4+ T cell count and HIV RNA load in antiretroviral-naïve individuals in Addis Ababa

Variables

Overall [Number (%)]

CD4 < 200 or stage III/IV [Number (%)]

CD4 < 350 or stage III/IV [Number (%)]

CD4 < 500 or stage III/IV [Number (%)]

Gender

 Male

171(28.8)

64(41.6) a

111(35.5) a

147(33.7) a

 Female

423(71.2)

90(58.4)

202(64.5)

289(66.3)

HIV RNA load (copies/mL)

  < 10,000

264(45.2)

27(17.9) a

84(27.4) a

149(34.8) a

  ≥ 10,000

320(54.8)

124(82.1)

223(72.6)

279(65.2)

Hemoglobin conc. (g/dL)

 Non-anemic

507(88.8)

117(78.5) a

252(83.7) a

362(86.6) b

 Anemic

64(11.2)

32(21.5)

49(16.3)

56(13.4)

Total cholesterol conc. (mg/dL)

  > 200

95(16.6)

9(6.2)

34(11.4) a

56(13.4) b

  ≤ 200

476(83.4)

136(93.8) a

264(88.6)

362(86.6)

  1. Note: a, b refer to p value < 0.001 and < 0.01, respectively