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Table 4 Factors associated with HIV-related in-hospital mortality

From: Causes of hospitalization and predictors of HIV-associated mortality at the main referral hospital in Sierra Leone: a prospective study

Characteristics

Survival status

P value

Died

N = 52 (100%)

Discharged alive

N = 121 (100%)

Age, years

 Median (IQR)

37 (29–45)

33 (28–42)

0.47

Gender, N%

 Male

20 (38.5)

50 (41.3)

0.73

 Female

32 (61.5)

71 (58.7)

 

Risk factors, N%

 Smoking

15 (28.8)

20 (16.5)

0.06

 Alcohol use

18 (34.6)

21 (17.4)

0.01

 Illicit drug use

5 (13.5)

4 (3.3)

0.09

CD4 count, cells/μL

 Median (IQR)

70 (23–263)

101 (29–278)

0.61

 Less than 50, N%

12 (23.1)

23 (19.0)

0.82

WHO Clinical Staging, N%

 1 or 2

6 (11.5)

22 (18.2)

0.28

 3 or 4

46 (88.5)

99 (81.8)

 

Presenting signs or symptoms, N%

 Fever

42 (80.8)

92 (76.0)

0.49

 Jaundice

5 (9.6)

2 (1.7)

0.02

 Weight loss

30 (57.7)

63 (52.1)

0.50

 Headache

11 (21.2)

22 (18.2)

0.65

 Seizure

–

2 (1.7)

0.35

 Limb weakness

5 (9.6)

3 (2.5)

0.04

 Loss of consciousness

5 (9.6)

3 (2.5)

0.04

Admitting diagnoses, N%

 Anemia

25 (48.1)

58 (47.9)

0.99

 Tuberculosis

7 (13.5)

34 (28.1)

0.04

 Pneumonia

10 (19.2)

20 (16.5)

0.67

 Diarrheal illness

8 (15.4)

18 (14.9)

0.93

 Cerebral toxoplasmosis

6 (11.5)

3 (2.5)

0.01

 Cryptococcal meningitis

1 (1.9)

2 (1.7)

0.90

New Diagnosis, N%

 Yes

29 (55.8)

60 (49.6)

0.46

 No

23 (44.2)

61 (50.4)

 

ART status, N%

 Yes

16 (30.8)

48 (39.7)

0.19

 No

36 (69.2)

73 (60.3)

 

Length of hospital stay, days

 Median

11 (8–16)

12 (9–18)

0.48

  1. IQR interquartile range