Determinants of Virologic Failure among Adult HIV Patients on First-Line Antiretroviral Therapy at Waghimra Zone, Northern Ethiopia: A Case-Control Study

Table 4

Clinical-related factors on ART clients at Waghimra zone health institution ART clinic, Northern Ethiopia, in 2019 (n = 276).

Variable	Cases (n %)	Control (n %)	Chi-square (X^2)	value
Baseline WHO stages
Stage 1	2 (2.2)	35 (19)	38.107	<0.001
Stage 2	23 (25)	80 (43.5)
Stage 3	55 (59.8)	64 (34.8)
Stage 4	12 (13)	5 (2.7)
Tb coinfection
Yes	25 (27.2)	17 (9.2)	15.291	<0.001
No	67 (72.8)	167 (90.8)
An opportunistic infection other than TB
Yes	34 (37)	25 (13.6)	19.93	0.001
No	58 (63)	159 (86.4)
Baseline BMI (kg/m^2)
<16	42 (45.7)	46 (25)	13.625	0.001
16–18.49	17 (18.5)	62 (33.7)
≥18.5	33 (35.9)	76 (41.3)