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

Table 5

Comparison of selected variables using paired sample t-test before the initiation of ART and one year after the initiation of ART regimen.

Variable	Pre-ART		Post-ART		Paired sample t-test
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean difference	SD	t-value	Df	value
Hemoglobin level	10.67	1.82	11.50	1.50	−0.83	1.74	−4.810	101	<0.001
CD4 count	397.83	233.99	568.34	326.90	−170.51	171.39	−10.047	101	<0.001
BMI	14.73	1.38	15.23	1.46	−0.50	1.11	−4.545	101	<0.001

Standard deviation; degree of freedom.