Prevalence of anaemia at the time of ART initiation stratified by sociodemographic characteristics of HIV-infected adults at Debre Markos Comprehensive Specialized Hospital from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2018 (n=468)
| Characteristics | Frequency (%) | Anaemia status | P value | |
| Anaemic (%) | Not anaemic (%) | |||
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 187 (39.96) | 86 (45.99) | 101 (54.01) | <0.001 |
| Female | 281 (60.04) | 77 (27.40) | 204 (72.60) | |
| Age in years | ||||
| 15–24 | 51 (10.90) | 11 (21.57) | 40 (78.43) | 0.138 |
| 25–34 | 190 (40.60) | 65 (34.21) | 125 (65.79) | |
| 35–44 | 157 (33.55) | 61 (38.85) | 96 (61.15) | |
| ≥45 | 70 (14.96) | 27 (38.57) | 43 (61.43) | |
| Religion | ||||
| Orthodox | 447 (95.51) | 158 (35.35) | 289 (64.65) | 0.677 |
| Muslim | 20 (4.27) | 6 (30.00) | 14 (70.00) | |
| Protestant | 1 (0.21) | 0 | 1 (100.00) | |
| Marital status | ||||
| Single | 56 (11.97) | 18 (32.14) | 38 (67.86) | 0.813 |
| Married | 251 (53.63) | 85 (33.86) | 166 (66.14) | |
| Divorced/separated | 125 (26.71) | 47 (37.60) | 78 (62.40) | |
| Widowed | 36 (7.69) | 14 (38.89) | 22 (61.11) | |
| Educational level | ||||
| No education | 171 (36.54) | 62 (36.26) | 109 (63.74) | 0.365 |
| Primary | 109 (23.29) | 38 (34.86) | 71 (65.14) | |
| Secondary | 113 (24.15) | 44 (38.94) | 69 (61.06) | |
| College+ | 75 (16.03) | 20 (26.67) | 55 (73.33) | |
| Residence | ||||
| Rural | 101 (21.58) | 45 (44.54) | 56 (55.45) | 0.024 |
| Urban | 367 (78.42) | 119 (32.43) | 248 (67.57) | |
| Occupation | ||||
| Employed | 153 (32.69) | 50 (32.68) | 103 (67.32) | 0.455 |
| Unemployed | 315 (67.31) | 114 (36.19) | 201 (63.81) | |
| Family size | ||||
| <2 persons | 187 (39.96) | 55 (29.41) | 132 (70.59) | 0.112 |
| 3–4 persons | 213 (45.51) | 82 (38.50) | 131 (61.50) | |
| >4 persons | 68 (14.53) | 27 (39.71) | 41 (60.29) | |
| HIV disclosure status | ||||
| Disclosed | 426 (91.03) | 149 (34.98) | 277 (65.02) | 0.924 |
| Not disclosed | 42 (8.97) | 15 (35.71) | 27 (64.29) | |
ART, antiretroviral therapy.