Research Article

Chronic Diseases Multimorbidity among Adult People Living with HIV at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Southern Ethiopia

Table 6

Risk factors of multimorbidity among people living with HIV at HUCSH, April 2016.

VariablesValueChronic diseasesCOR (95% CI)AOR (95% CI)
YesNo

Age in years18–29489
30–44221922.6 (0.9–7.9)2.8 (0.9–8.7)
≥458672.7 (0.8–9.5)2.3 (0.6–8.5)

ART duration<6 years9178
≥6 years251703.0 (1.3–6.5)2.6 (1.1–5.8)

Social supportYes23282
No10641.9 (0.9–4.2)2.0 (0.9–4.6)

Alcohol drinkingYes201651.6 (0.8–3.2)1.0 (0.4–2.8)
No14183

Khat chewingYes161211.7 (0.8–3.4)1.1 (0.4–3.2)
No18227

SmokingYes8412.3 (0.9–5.3)2.4 (0.9–6.5)
No26307

COR: crude odds ratio; AOR: adjusted odds ratio; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval; BMI: body mass index. The variable has missing value.