Table 4 Survival time by potential demographic, clinical, and risk variable for HIV/AIDS patients treated under ART (University of Gondar teaching hospital, 2009–2015)
Variable | Number of patients | Number of deaths | Mean survival time | Median survival time | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | |||||
 Female | 211 | 19 | 99.893 | - | 0.004 |
 Male | 143 | 2 | 104.548 | - | |
Residence | |||||
 Urban | 306 | 19 | 104.856 | - | 0.896 |
 Rural | 48 | 2 | 82.279 | - | |
Marital status | |||||
 Single | 76 | 11 | 86.732 | - | < 0.01 |
 Married | 162 | 4 | 101.391 | - | |
 Separated/divorced | 90 | 2 | 105.998 | - | |
 Widowed | 26 | 4 | 86.761 | - | |
Religion | |||||
 Orthodox | 320 | 18 | - | - | 0.592 |
 Muslim | 29 | 3 | - | - | |
 Other | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
Family size | |||||
 1–2 | 201 | 8 | 108.070 | - | 0.001 |
 3–4 | 91 | 3 | 100.170 | - | |
 ≥5 | 62 | 10 | 82.682 | - | |
Educational status | |||||
 No formal education | 93 | 13 | 94.794 | - | 0.019 |
 Primary | 101 | 5 | 96.924 | - | |
 Secondary and above | 160 | 3 | 106.474 | - | |
Alcohol consumption | |||||
 No | 225 | 9 | 107.231 | - | 0.018 |
 Yes | 129 | 12 | 92.048 | - | |
Tobacco and chat use | |||||
 No | 316 | 14 | 106.865 | - | < 0.01 |
 Yes | 38 | 7 | 62.160 | 73.80 | |
HIV disclosure status | |||||
 Not disclosed | 20 | 3 | 85.811 | - | 0.028 |
 Disclosed | 334 | 18 | 104.747 | - | |
Functional status | |||||
 Bedridden | 8 | 1 | 66.847 | - | 0.008 |
 Ambulatory | 40 | 6 | 67.033 | 73.800 | |
 Working | 306 | 14 | 106.592 | - | |
ART adherence level | |||||
 Poor | 10 | 2 | - | - | 0.147 |
 Fair | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
 Good | 340 | 19 | - | - | |
History of TB disease | |||||
 No | 332 | 16 | 105.650 | - | < 0.01 |
 Yes | 22 | 5 | 52.348 | - | |