Research Article

Prevalence of Cognitive Impairment and Its Predictors among HIV/AIDS Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy in Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 4

Associated factors of cognitive impairment among HIV-positive patients at JUMC, Jimma, Ethiopia, 2018 (N = 328).

VariableYes (n = 117)No (n = 213)COR (95% CI)AOR (95% CI)

Age (years)
 18-3021 (17.9%)69 (32.7%)1.01.0
 31-4034 (29.1%)93 (44.1%)1.2 (0.6,2.2)1.2 (0.6,2.8)
 41-6462 (53%)49 (23.2%)4.1 (2.2,7.6)3.1 (1.3,7.4)
Educational status
 ≤Grade 882 (70.1%)66 (31.3%)6.9 (3.4,13.8)1.2 (0.5,3.3)
 Grade 9-1223 (19.7%)78 (37.0%)1.6 (0.7,3.6)2.5 (0.9,6.6)
 Diploma and above12 (10.3%)67 (31.8%)1.01.0
Income (ETB/month)
 <50041 (35.0%)27 (12.8%)5.6 (2.9,10)1.5 (0.53,4.0)
 500-100043 (36.8%)54 (25.6%)2.9 (1.6,5.3)2.2 (0.9,5.1)
 1001-15009 (7.7%)41 (19.4%)0.8 (0.3,1.9)0.5 (0.2,1.4)
 ≥150024 (20.5%)89 (42.2%)1.01.0
Lifetime khat chewing
 Yes75 (66.4%)75 (66.4%)8.1 (4.8,13.6)4.4 (2.3,8.3)
 No42 (19.5%)42 (19.5%)1.01.0
Comorbid hypertension
 Yes54 (46.2%)21 (10%)7.75 (4.3,13.8)2.2 (0.98,5.02)
 No63 (53.8%)190 (90%)1.01.0
Plasma HIV 1 RNA load (copies/ml)
 <1.7log1035 (29.9%)139 (65.9%)1.01.0
 1.7log10-3log1035 (29.9%)62 (29.4%)2.2 (1.3,3.9)2.2 (1.1,4.3)
 ≥3log1047 (40.2%)10 (4.7%)18.6 (8.6,40.6)7.5 (2.6,21.5)
Stage of the disease
 Stage I76 (65%)189 (89.6%)1.01.0
 Stage II22 (18.8%)15 (7.1%)3.6 (1.79,7.4)0.9 (0.3,2.7)
 Stage III and above19 (16.2%)7 (3.3%)6.8 (2.7,16.7)5.6 (1.7,19.2)

Note. Numerical data in bold indicate statistical significance (p < 0.05). ETB = Ethiopian Birr; COR = crude odds ratio; AOR = adjusted odds ratio.