Time to develop severe acute malnutrition and its predictors among children living with HIV in the era of test and treat strategies at South Gondar hospitals, northwest, Ethiopia, 2021: a multicentre retrospective cohort study

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of children living with HIV at South Gondar hospitals, Ethiopia, 2021(n = 363)

Exposure variable	Responses	Frequency	Percent
Age of the child (years)	≤3	95	26.17
	> 4–10	131	36.09
	> 10	137	37.74
Sex	Male	190	52.34
Sex	Female	173	47.66
Residence	Rural	73	20.11
Residence	Urban	290	79.89
Caregiver’s Marital status	Married	238	67.23
	Widowed	106	29.94
	Divorced	10	2.82
Caregiver’s status	Both alive	249	68.6
Caregiver’s status	Either or Bothe died	114	31.4
Caregiver’s occupational status	Housewife	203	55.92
	Governmental employee	89	24.52
	Merchant	38	10.47
	Non-governmental employee	33	9.09
HIV status of the Caregiver’s	Positive	281	77.41
	Negative	38	10.47
	Not Known	44	12.12
Disclosure status	Yes	174	47.9
Disclosure status	No	189	52.1

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