Effect of Isoniazid Preventive Therapy on the Incidence of Tuberculosis among Seropositive Children Attending HIV/AIDS Care in Two General Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia, 2021

Table 1

Baseline sociodemographic characteristics of seropositive children in Assosa and Pawe General Hospitals since 2015–2020 (N = 421).

Variables	Categories	Frequency	Percentage
Age of children	≤5 years	94	22.3
	6–10 years	165	39.52
	≥11 years	162	38.48
Sex of children	Male	204	48.46
	Female	217	51.54
Caregivers’ religion	Orthodox	189	44.89
	Muslim	86	20.19
	Protestant	110	26.13
	Catholic	36	8.31
Residence	Rural	217	52.3
	Urban	204	48.69
Family size	≤2	135	32.07
	3–4	231	54.87
	5–6	52	12.10
	≥7	4	0.95
Current children status	Living with parents	348	82.1
	Living with relatives	22	5.52
	Orphanage	51	12.16