Research Article

Time to First-Line Antiretroviral Treatment Failure and Its Predictors among HIV-Positive Children in Shashemene Town Health Facilities, Oromia Region, Ethiopia, 2019

Table 2

Baseline clinical status among children who started ART at public health facilities between January 1, 2011, and December 30, 2015, in Shashamene town, Oromia Region, Ethiopia, 2019.

VariablesCategoryNo.(%)

Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis initiationYes38392.5
No317.5

Isoniazide prophylaxis initiationYes20349
No21151

Baseline Hgb statusAnemic8520.5
Normal31977.1

TB smear test result during follow-upPositive9021.7
Negative30373.2

Baseline CD4 countBelow threshold level12830.9
Normal28669.1

Baseline WHO stageStages 1 and 227165.5
Stages 3 and 414334.5

Baseline nutritional statusNormal21752.4
Undernutrition19747.7

Exposure status for PMTCTExposed13231.9
Not exposed19747.6

RegimeNonnevirapine17241.5
Nevirapine24058

AdherenceGood25160.6
Fair8219.8
Poor8019.3