Table 2 Clinical and socio-demographic characteristic of independent variables
Categorical variables | Categories | Frequency (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | female | 134(62.04%) | |||
male | 82(37.96%) | ||||
Residence | urban | 88(40.74%) | |||
rural | 128(59.25%) | ||||
WHO clinical stage | stage-I | 20(9.3%) | |||
stage-II | 58(26.9%) | ||||
stage-III | 56(25.9%) | ||||
stage-IV | 82(38%) | ||||
HIV/TB status | no | 167(77.3%) | |||
yes | 49(22.7%) | ||||
Functional status | working | 22(10.2%) | |||
fair | 77(35.7%) | ||||
bedridden | 117(54.2%) | ||||
Continuous predictor variables | Minimum | Maximum | Median | SD | |
Baseline CD4 cell count | 50 | 982 | 314 | 161 | |
Baseline age | 17 | 68 | 32 | 10.9 | |
Baseline hemoglobin | 7.3 | 19.2 | 13.6 | 1.96 | |
Visiting time | 2 | 6 | |||