Research Article
Chronic Diseases Multimorbidity among Adult People Living with HIV at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Southern Ethiopia
Table 3
Prevalence of chronic diseases by systems of the body among people living with HIV at HUCSH, April 2016.
| | Body systems affected | Diseases | Cases (%) |
| | Musculoskeletal system | Rheumatoid arthritis, gout | 146 (38.2) | | Respiratory system | Chronic bronchitis, asthma | 46 (12.0) | | Cardiovascular system | HTN, CHF, RHD | 17 (4.5) | | Any cancer | Cancer | 15 (3.9) | | Endocrine system | Diabetes mellitus | 8 (2.1) | | Chronic diseases | Any chronic diseases | 196 (51.3) | | Multimorbidity | | 34 (8.9) |
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HTN: hypertension; CHF: congestive heart failure; RHD: rheumatic heart disease.
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