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Table 5 The hazard estimates of covariates associated with the survival time of HIV/AIDS patients under ART follow-up (University of Gondar teaching hospital, 2009–2015)

From: Survival of HIV/AIDS patients treated under ART follow-up at the University hospital, northwest Ethiopia

Predictor variables

B

SE

Wald

df

Sig.

AHR

95.0% CI for HR

Lower

Upper

Age

.049

.024

4.228

1

.040*

1.051

1.002

1.101

Family size

 ≥ 5 (ref)

  

9.854

2

.007*

   

 1–2

−1.791

.604

8.785

1

.003*

.167

.051

.545

 3–4

−2.120

.852

6.197

1

.013*

.120

.023

.637

Educational status

 Secondary and above (ref)

  

6.612

2

.037*

   

 No formal Education

1.616

.762

4.491

1

.034*

5.032

1.129

22.423

 Primary

.213

.858

.061

1

.804

1.237

.230

6.646

Alcohol consumption

 Yes (ref)

 No

−1.225

.623

3.873

1

.049*

.294

.087

.995

Tobacco and chat use

 Yes (ref)

        

 No

−2.296

.646

12.633

1

.000*

.101

.028

.357

Baseline weight

−.084

.042

4.019

1

.045*

.920

.847

.998

Current weight

−.074

.034

4.900

1

.027*

.928

.869

.992

Baseline CD4 cell count

−.010

.003

7.895

1

.005*

.990

.984

.997

Baseline lymphocyte count

−.035

.023

2.296

1

.130

.966

.924

1.010

Baseline hemoglobin

−.224

.066

11.400

1

.001*

.800

.702

.910

History of TB disease

 Yes (ref)

 No

−1.932

.703

7.552

1

.006*

.145

.037

.575

  1. df Degree of freedom, ref Reference category, AHR Adjusted hazard ratio
  2. *Significant (p-value < 0.05)