Table 2 Clinical and drug related characteristics of people living with HIV/AIDS at follow up in Jimma health centre ART clinic, April 01 to May 30, 2016
Variables | Frequency N = 268 (%) |
|---|---|
History of BP measured by health workers | |
No | 151 (56.3) |
Yes | 117 (43.7) |
Period of blood pressure measured | |
The past 12 months | 98 (36.6) |
Within past 1–5 years | 16 (6.0) |
More than past 5 years | 3 (1.1) |
Previous history of hypertension | |
No | 251 (93.7) |
Yes | 17 (6.3) |
Taking antihypertensive agent past 2 weeks | |
No | 16 (4.5) |
Yes | 5 (1.9) |
Previous history of asthma | |
No | 259 (96.6) |
Yes | 9 (3.4) |
Previous history of chronic kidney diseases | |
No | 265 (98.9) |
Yes | 3 (1.1) |
Duration of HIV diagnosis | |
≤ 5 years | 122 (45.5) |
≥ 6 years | 146 (54.5) |
CD4 (cell/mm3) | |
< 350 | 223 (83.2) |
351–550 | 38 (14.2) |
≥ 551 | 7 (2.6) |
WHO stage | |
I | 48 (17.9) |
II | 129 (48.1) |
III | 83 (31) |
IV | 8 (3) |
OIs prior to HIV diagnosis | |
Yes | 226 (84.3) |
No | 42 (15.7) |
Types of cART regimes at baselines | |
D-drugsa | 92 (34.3) |
Othersb | 176 (65.7) |
Duration of cART (years) | |
≤ 5 | 163 (60.8) |
≥ 6 | 99 (36.9) |
Othersc | 6 (2.2) |
Concomitants drug use | |
Cotrimoxazole | 141 (52.6) |
INH | 30 (11.2) |
Multivitamins | 6 (2.2) |
Othersd | 13 (4.9) |