Psychiatry Journal / 2019 / Article / Tab 3 / Research Article
Prevalence of Cognitive Impairment and Its Predictors among HIV/AIDS Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy in Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia Table 3 Clinical characteristics of HIV-positive patients attending JUMC, Jimma, Ethiopia, 2018 (N = 328).
Clinical factors Frequency Percentage (%) Comorbid hypertension Yes 75 22.9 No 253 77.1 Duration of illness since diagnosis (years) <2 71 21.6 ≥2 257 78.4 CD4 T-cell count (cell/μ l) <200 80 24.4 200-350 55 16.8 351-500 88 26.8 ≥500 105 32.0 Plasma HIV-1 RNA load (copies/ml) <1.7log10 174 53 1.7log10-3log10 97 29.6 ≥3log10 57 17.4 Duration of ART use (years) <2 78 23.8 2-5 93 28.4 ≥5 157 50.8 WHO clinical stage of the disease Stage I 265 80.8 Stage II 37 11.3 Stage III or IV 26 7.9