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Table 1 Baseline demographic characteristics and health factors of participants who initiated ART by coinfection status in four hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (September 2011 to December 2018), n = 646

From: Retention on antiretroviral therapy in person with HIV and viral hepatitis coinfection in Ethiopia: a retrospective cohort study

Characteristics

n (%) of participants

HIV Monoinfection

(n = 514)

HIV Coinfection

(n = 132)

Sex (n = 645) a

  Female

288(56.14)

52 (39.39)

  Male

225(43.86)

80 (60.61)

Age (years), (n = 646)

Median (IQR)a

36(30–43)

39(34–45)

  15–29

116(22.57)

15(11.36)

  30–44

284(55.25)

82(62.52)

  > =45

114(22.18)

35(26.52)

Marital status, (n = 623)

  Never married

108(21.69)

19(15.20)

  Married

249(50.00)

74(59.20)

  Divorced/separated

92(18.47)

19(15.20)

  Widow/er

49(9.84)

13(10.40)

Education (n = 623)

  No education

68(13.74)

22(17.32)

  Primary

168(33.94)

35(27.56)

  Secondary

166(33.54)

49(38.58)

  Tertiary

93(18.78)

21(16.54)

Median follow-up-time (in years)

3.25(1.8–5.3)

3.23(1.6–6.0)

ART regimen at start of ART (n = 634)

  Tenofovir based

465(92.08)

117(90.70)

  Non-Tenofovir based

40(7.92)

12 (9.30)

  1. HIV-Monoinfection: negative for both hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C viruses
  2. HIV-Coinfection: hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus positive
  3. IQR interquartile range; WHO World Health Organization, ALT alanine transaminase, AST aspartate aminotransferase
  4. aIndicates significant difference between the HIV-coinfected and HIV-monoinfected groups with a p-value < 0.05