Under-nutrition and associated factors among children on ART in Southern Ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study

Table 3 clinical related factors of the study population for the study of nutritional status and associated factors among HIV positive children under 15 years of age attending ART care at public health institutions in Southern Ethiopia, 2021

Variable	Category	Frequency	Percent
Birth weight	< 2.5 kg (Less than Normal)	129	33.7
	2.5 kg and above (Normal)	142	37.1
	I don’t know	112	29.2
child had diarrhea	Yes	166	43.3
child had diarrhea	No	217	56.7
Diagnosis of any disease during pregnancy of this child	Yes	177	46.2
Diagnosis of any disease during pregnancy of this child	No	206	53.8
Recurrent oral lesion	Yes	248	64.8
Recurrent oral lesion	No	135	35.2
History of admission	Yes	194	50.7
History of admission	No	189	49.3
WHO clinical stage	Stage 1	121	31.6
	stage 2	38	9.9
	stage 3	98	25.6
	stage 4	126	32.9
ARV drug toxicity	Yes	14	3.7
ARV drug toxicity	No	369	96.3
Co -morbid illness	Yes	138	36.0
Co -morbid illness	No	245	64.0
Adherence to the drug	poor	122	31.9
	Faire	120	31.3
	Good	141	36.8
Current CD4 count	> = 500	162	42.3
	350–499	85	22.2
	200–349	136	35.5

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