Advances in Hematology

Research Article

Magnitude of Anemia and Associated Factors among HIV-Infected Children Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy in Pastoral Community, Ethiopia: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study

Children’s HIV status by anemia status of HIV-infected children aged 6 months to 15 years, in the Afar region, Ethiopia, 2018.


Variables	Category	Anemia status			value
Variables	Category	Yes, n (%)	No, n (%)	Total, n (%)	value

WHO clinical stage	I	13 (23.6)	17 (36.2)	30 (29.4)	0.011
	II	8 (14.5)	16 (34)	24 (23.5)
	III	19 (34.5)	9 (19.1)	28 (27.5)
	IV	15 (27.3)	5 (10.6)	20 (19.6)
Immunosuppression	Yes	40 (72.7)	21 (44.7)	61 (59.8)	0.004
Immunosuppression	No	15 (27.3)	26 (55.3)	41 (40.2)	0.004
Immunosuppression grade (n = 61)	Mild	13 (23.6)	13 (27.7)	26 (25.5)	0.044
	Advanced	13 (23.6)	6 (12.8)	19 (18.6)
	Severe	14 (25.5)	2 (4.2)	16 (15.7)
Opportunistic infection	Yes	33 (60)	17 (36.2)	50 (49)	0.016
Opportunistic infection	No	22 (40)	30 (63.8)	52 (51)	0.016
TB	Yes	8 (14.5)	4 (8.5)	12 (11.8)	0.346
TB	No	47 (85.5)	43 (91.5)	90 (88.2)	0.346
Childhood illness	Yes	33 (60)	25 (53.2)	58 (56.9)	0.489
Childhood illness	No	22 (40)	22 (46.8)	44 (43.1)	0.489
Duration on HAART	<2 years	6 (10.9)	8 (17)	14 (13.7)	0.565
	2–5 years	18 (32.7)	12 (25.5)	30 (29.4)
	>5 years	31 (56.4)	27 (57.5)	58 (56.9)
ANC follow-up for the index child	Yes	16 (29.1)	29 (61.7)	45 (44.1)	<0.001
ANC follow-up for the index child	No	39 (70.9)	18 (38.3)	57 (55.9)	<0.001